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+name: Release
+
+# Builds and publishes the Bookhoard container image to the Gitea container registry.
+# Triggered ONLY by a version tag push (pushing to main does nothing), so work-in-progress
+# commits never ship. Each release publishes two image tags: the version and "latest".
+on:
+  push:
+    tags:
+      - 'v*'
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+jobs:
+  build-and-push:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+      packages: write
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Set up Docker Buildx
+        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v3
+
+      - name: Login to Gitea Container Registry
+        uses: docker/login-action@v3
+        with:
+          registry: git.linuxhg.com
+          username: ${{ gitea.actor }}
+          password: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
+      - name: Build and push image
+        uses: docker/build-push-action@v5
+        with:
+          context: .
+          file: ./Dockerfile
+          push: true
+          # Publishes both the exact version (e.g. v0.2.0) and the movable "latest" tag.
+          # Deployments default to "latest" via ${IMAGE_TAG:-latest} in docker-compose.yml;
+          # pin or roll back by setting IMAGE_TAG in .env.
+          tags: |
+            git.linuxhg.com/bookhoard/bookhoard:${{ gitea.ref_name }}
+            git.linuxhg.com/bookhoard/bookhoard:latest