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+name: build and publish containers
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+  push:
+    tags:
+      - v*
+permissions:
+  packages: write
+  contents: read
+jobs:
+  build-magellan:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: check out the repo
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Docker meta
+        id: meta
+        uses: docker/metadata-action@v5
+        with:
+          # list of Docker images to use as base name for tags
+          images: |
+            ghcr.io/openchami/magellan            
+
+          # generate Docker tags based on the following events/attributes
+          tags: |
+            type=schedule
+            type=ref,event=branch
+            type=ref,event=pr
+            type=semver,pattern=v{{version}}
+            type=semver,pattern=v{{major}}.{{minor}}
+            type=semver,pattern=v{{major}}
+            type=sha    
+      - name: setup Docker Buildx
+        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v3
+      - name: Login to github container repo
+        uses: docker/login-action@v3
+        with:
+          registry: ghcr.io
+          username: ${{ github.actor }}
+          password: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+      - name: Build and push magellan
+        uses: docker/build-push-action@v5
+        with:
+          platforms: linux/amd64
+          context: .
+          push: ${{ github.event_name != 'pull_request' }}
+          tags: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.tags }}
+          labels: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.labels }}
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