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+name: Create and publish scancode image
+
+on:
+  push:
+    tags:
+      - "scancode-toolkit/v*"
+env:
+  REGISTRY: ghcr.io
+  IMAGE_NAME: ${{ github.repository }}/scancode-toolkit
+
+jobs:
+  build-and-push-image:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+      packages: write
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        with:
+          repository: nexB/scancode-toolkit
+
+      - name: Log in to the Container registry
+        uses: docker/login-action@f4ef78c080cd8ba55a85445d5b36e214a81df20a
+        with:
+          registry: ${{ env.REGISTRY }}
+          username: ${{ github.actor }}
+          password: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
+      - name: Extract metadata (tags, labels) for Docker
+        id: meta
+        uses: docker/metadata-action@05d22bf31770de02e20c67c70365453e00227f61
+        with:
+          images: ${{ env.REGISTRY }}/${{ env.IMAGE_NAME }}
+          tags: |
+            type=match,pattern=scancode-toolkit/v(\d+\.\d+\.\d+),group=1
+
+      - name: Build and push Docker image
+        uses: docker/build-push-action@3b5e8027fcad23fda98b2e3ac259d8d67585f671
+        with:
+          push: true
+          tags: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.tags }}
+          labels: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.labels }}
+