provide stitch cli via docker

.dockerignore

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+# Ignore everything
+*
+
+# But not these files...
+!README.md
+!stitching/
+!pyproject.toml
+!setup.cfg

.github/workflows/docker-build-and-publish.yml

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+name: Publish Docker image
+
+on:
+  release:
+    types: [published]
+
+jobs:
+  push_to_registry:
+    name: Push Docker image to Docker Hub
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Check out the repo
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Log in to Docker Hub
+        uses: docker/login-action@f4ef78c080cd8ba55a85445d5b36e214a81df20a
+        with:
+          username: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_USERNAME }}
+          password: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_PASSWORD }}
+
+      - name: Extract metadata (tags, labels) for Docker
+        id: meta
+        uses: docker/metadata-action@9ec57ed1fcdbf14dcef7dfbe97b2010124a938b7
+        with:
+          images: openstitching/stitch
+
+      - name: Build and push Docker image
+        uses: docker/build-push-action@3b5e8027fcad23fda98b2e3ac259d8d67585f671
+        with:
+          context: .
+          file: ./Dockerfile
+          push: true
+          tags: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.tags }}, latest
+          labels: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.labels }}

Dockerfile

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+FROM python:3.11
+
+RUN mkdir /stitching
+COPY . /stitching
+
+# build and install stitching package
+WORKDIR /stitching
+RUN pip install build
+# we use opencv headless within docker, otherwise we get errors
+RUN sed -i 's/opencv-python/opencv-python-headless/g' setup.cfg
+RUN python -m build
+RUN pip install ./dist/stitching-*.whl
+
+# compile largestinteriorrectangle (JIT)
+RUN python -c "import largestinteriorrectangle"
+
+# provide the entrypoint, users need to mount a volume to /data
+WORKDIR /data
+ENTRYPOINT ["stitch"]
+CMD ["-h"]

README.md

@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ pip install stitching
 
 ## Usage
 
+### Python CLI
+
 The command line interface
 ([cli](https://github.com/lukasalexanderweber/stitching/tree/main/stitching/cli/stitch.py))
 is available after installation
@@ -41,6 +43,21 @@ Enable verbose mode with `stitch * -v`.
 This will create a folder where all intermediate results are stored so that
 you can find out where there are problems with your images, if any
 
+### Docker CLI
+
+If you are familiar with Docker and don't feel like
+setting up Python and an environment, you can also use the
+[openstitching/stitch](https://hub.docker.com/r/openstitching/stitch)
+Docker image
+
+`docker container run --rm -v
+/path/to/data:/data openstitching/stitch:{version} -h`
+
+You can use the CLI as described above
+(read "current directory" as "/data directory")
+
+### Python Script
+
 You can also use the Stitcher class in your script
 
 ```python

setup.cfg

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ long_description_content_type = text/markdown
 author = Lukas Weber
 author_email = [email protected]
 license = Apache License 2.0
-license_file = LICENSE
+license_files = LICENSE
 platforms = any
 classifiers =
     Programming Language :: Python :: 3 :: Only