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+IMAGE  ?= gitea.korbel.network/nico/researchchat:latest
+ENGINE ?= podman
+
+.PHONY: help build push release
+
+help:
+	@echo "Ziele:"
+	@echo "  make build   - Image bauen (als $(IMAGE))"
+	@echo "  make push    - Image in die Registry pushen"
+	@echo "  make release - bauen + pushen"
+	@echo ""
+	@echo "Variablen:  make release ENGINE=docker IMAGE=gitea.korbel.network/nico/researchchat:v2"
+
+build:
+	$(ENGINE) build -t $(IMAGE) .
+
+push:
+	$(ENGINE) push $(IMAGE)
+
+release: build push