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+name: Deploy Gitea Custom
+run-name: ${{ gitea.actor }} build image and push to container registry
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+
+jobs:
+  build-and-deploy:
+    runs-on: []  # todo
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Build image with podman
+        run: |
+          podman build -t gitea-custom:latest .
+
+      - name: Run new container
+        env:
+          DB_HOST: ${{ secrets.GITEA_DB_HOST }}
+          DB_USER: ${{ secrets.GITEA_DB_USER }}
+          DB_PASS: ${{ secrets.GITEA_DB_PASS }}
+          DB_NAME: ${{ secrets.GITEA_DB_NAME }}
+          #todo mb more args
+        run: |
+          podman stop gitea-custom || true
+          podman rm gitea-custom || true
+
+          podman run -d --name gitea-custom \
+            -e GITEA__database__DB_TYPE=postgres \
+            -e GITEA__database__HOST=$DB_HOST \
+            -e GITEA__database__NAME=$DB_NAME \
+            -e GITEA__database__USER=$DB_USER \
+            -e GITEA__database__PASSWD=$DB_PASS \
+            -p 3001:3000 \
+            --restart unless-stopped \
+            gitea-custom:latest