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+set -euo pipefail
+
+AWS_REGION=${region:-eu-west-1}
+AWS_DEPLOYMENT_ACCOUNT=${account:-463722570299}
+AWS_REPOSITORY=${repo:-"${AWS_DEPLOYMENT_ACCOUNT}.dkr.ecr.${AWS_REGION}.amazonaws.com"}
+
+STAGE=${stage:-"dev"}
+SHA_SHORT="$(git rev-parse --short HEAD)"
+CUR_DATE="$(date +%Y%m%d%H%M%S)"
+VERSION="$STAGE-$CUR_DATE-$SHA_SHORT"
+IMAGE_NAME=${image_name:-promethai-${STAGE}-promethai-backend}
+
+REPO_NAME="${AWS_REPOSITORY}/${IMAGE_NAME}"
+FULL_IMAGE_NAME="${REPO_NAME}:${VERSION}"
+APP_DIR=${app_dir:-"."}
+
+PUBLISH=${publish:-false}
+
+echo "Building docker image ${FULL_IMAGE_NAME} located in dir ${app_dir}"
+
+pushd "${APP_DIR}" &&
+  docker buildx build --platform linux/amd64 \
+    --build-arg STAGE=${STAGE} \
+    -t "${FULL_IMAGE_NAME}" . &&
+  echo "${VERSION}" >/tmp/.DOCKER_IMAGE_VERSION &&
+  echo "Successfully built docker image ${FULL_IMAGE_NAME}"
+
+if [ "${PUBLISH}" = true ]; then
+  echo "Pushing docker image ${FULL_IMAGE_NAME} to ECR repository to AWS account ${AWS_DEPLOYMENT_ACCOUNT}"
+  if [ "${PUBLISH}" = true ]; then
+    echo "logging in"
+    aws ecr get-login-password --region "${AWS_REGION}" | docker login --username AWS --password-stdin "${AWS_REPOSITORY}"
+  fi
+  docker push "${FULL_IMAGE_NAME}" &&
+    echo "Successfully pushed docker image ${FULL_IMAGE_NAME} to ECR repository"
+fi
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