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+name: Release container on tagging
+on:
+  push:
+    # Pattern matched against refs/tags
+    tags:        
+      - '*'           # Push events to every tag not containing /
+
+
+jobs:
+  build-and-push-image:
+
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+      packages: write
+      
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Set env
+        run: echo "RELEASE_VERSION=${GITHUB_REF#refs/*/}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+      - name: Build
+        run: make
+      - name: Log in to the Container registry
+        uses: docker/login-action@65b78e6e13532edd9afa3aa52ac7964289d1a9c1
+        with:
+          registry: ${{ env.REGISTRY }}
+          username: ${{ github.actor }}
+          password: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
+      - name: Extract metadata (tags, labels) for Docker
+        id: meta
+        uses: docker/metadata-action@9ec57ed1fcdbf14dcef7dfbe97b2010124a938b7
+        with:
+          images: ${{ env.REGISTRY }}/${{ env.IMAGE_NAME }}:${{env.RELEASE_VERSION}}
+
+      - name: Build and push Docker image
+        uses: docker/build-push-action@f2a1d5e99d037542a71f64918e516c093c6f3fc4
+        with:
+          context: .
+          push: true
+          tags: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.tags }}
+          labels: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.labels }}
+