Github action to tag docker images

.github/workflows/build.yml

@@ -23,26 +23,34 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      # Uses the `docker/login-action` action to log in to the Container registry registry using the account and password that will publish the packages. Once published, the packages are scoped to the account defined here.
+
+      # Capture the git description to tag the Docker image.
+      - name: Get git tag
+        id: git_tag
+        run: echo "GIT_TAG=$(git describe --always)" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
+      # Uses the `docker/login-action` action to log in to the Container registry using the account and password that will publish the packages.
       - name: Log in to the Container registry
-        uses: docker/login-action@65b78e6e13532edd9afa3aa52ac7964289d1a9c1
+        uses: docker/login-action@v3.3.0
         with:
           registry: ${{ env.REGISTRY }}
           username: ${{ github.actor }}
           password: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
       # This step uses [docker/metadata-action](https://github.com/docker/metadata-action#about) to extract tags and labels that will be applied to the specified image. The `id` "meta" allows the output of this step to be referenced in a subsequent step. The `images` value provides the base name for the tags and labels.
       - name: Extract metadata (tags, labels) for Docker
         id: meta
-        uses: docker/metadata-action@9ec57ed1fcdbf14dcef7dfbe97b2010124a938b7
+        uses: docker/metadata-action@v5.5.1
         with:
           images: ${{ env.REGISTRY }}/${{ env.IMAGE_NAME }}
+
       # This step uses the `docker/build-push-action` action to build the image, based on your repository's `Dockerfile`. If the build succeeds, it pushes the image to GitHub Packages.
       # It uses the `context` parameter to define the build's context as the set of files located in the specified path. For more information, see "[Usage](https://github.com/docker/build-push-action#usage)" in the README of the `docker/build-push-action` repository.
-      # It uses the `tags` and `labels` parameters to tag and label the image with the output from the "meta" step.
+      # It uses the `tags` and `labels` parameters to tag and label the image with the output from the "meta" step and the git tag.
       - name: Build and push Docker image
-        uses: docker/build-push-action@f2a1d5e99d037542a71f64918e516c093c6f3fc4
+        uses: docker/build-push-action@v6.7.0
         with:
           context: .
           push: true
-          tags: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.tags }}
+          tags: ${{ env.REGISTRY }}/${{ env.IMAGE_NAME }}:${{ env.GIT_TAG }}
           labels: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.labels }}