Refactoring the container build process in Github Actions for improved reliability

.github/workflows/containers.yaml

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ env:
   IMAGE_NAME: pyrenew-hew
 
 jobs:
+    # This can be used as a template, later: https://github.com/CDCgov/cfa-epinow2-pipeline/blob/main/.github/workflows/containers-and-az-pool.yaml
     build-pipeline-image:
       runs-on: ubuntu-latest
       name: Build image
@@ -46,10 +47,19 @@ jobs:
             username: ${{ github.actor }}
             password: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
 
+        - name: Set up Docker Buildx
+          id: buildx
+          uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v3
+
         - name: Docker build and push
-          run: |
-            bash $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/.github/scripts/docker_build_and_push.sh \
-              ${{ env.IMAGE_NAME }} \
-              ${{ steps.image-tag.outputs.tag }} \
-              ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha || github.sha }} \
-              ${{ steps.branch-name.outputs.branch }} \
+          uses: docker/build-push-action@v5
+          with:
+            context: .
+            file: Containerfile
+            push: true
+            builder: ${{ steps.buildx.outputs.name }}
+            tags: |
+              ghcr.io/cdcgov/${{ env.IMAGE_NAME }}:${{ steps.image-tag.outputs.tag }}
+            build-args: |
+              GIT_COMMIT_SHA=${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha || github.sha }}
+              GIT_BRANCH_NAME=${{ steps.branch-name.outputs.branch }}

.gitignore

@@ -405,3 +405,4 @@ nwss-vintages
 # Azure configuration files
 azureconfig.env
 azureconfig.sh
+config.yaml