Add GitHub Actions workflow for building and publishing Docker image

Author: nrother

.github/workflows/build_and_publish_software.yml

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+name: Create a Docker image from the software and publish it
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: ['main']
+
+env:
+  REGISTRY: ghcr.io
+  IMAGE_NAME: ${{ github.repository }}
+
+jobs:
+  build-and-push-image:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    # Sets the permissions granted to the `GITHUB_TOKEN` for the actions in this job.
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+      packages: write
+      id-token: write
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Log in to the Container registry
+        uses: docker/login-action@65b78e6e13532edd9afa3aa52ac7964289d1a9c1
+        with:
+          registry: ${{ env.REGISTRY }}
+          username: ${{ github.actor }}
+          password: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+      - name: Build and push Docker image
+        id: push
+        uses: docker/build-push-action@f2a1d5e99d037542a71f64918e516c093c6f3fc4
+        with:
+          context: "{{defaultContext}}:software"
+          push: true
+          tags: ${{ env.REGISTRY }}/${{ env.IMAGE_NAME }}:latest