added buildah script and github workflow

.github/workflows/build_and_push.yml

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+name: Build and Push Container Image
+
+on:
+  push:
+    tags: ['v*']
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+    - name: Checkout code
+      uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      with:
+        fetch-depth: 0
+
+    - name: Get the latest tag
+      id: get_tag
+      run: echo "LATEST_TAG=$(git describe --tags `git rev-list --tags --max-count=1`)" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+
+    - name: Authenticate to ghcr
+      run: echo ${{ secrets.GHCR_PAT }} | buildah login --username cjtitus --password-stdin ghcr.io
+
+    - name: Run build script
+      run: bash buildah_scripts/build.sh
+
+    - name: Push image
+      run: |
+        IMAGE_ID=ghcr.io/${{ github.repository }}
+        # Make sure IMAGE_ID is lowercase for buildah
+        IMAGE_ID=$(echo $IMAGE_ID | tr '[A-Z]' '[a-z]')
+        echo $IMAGE_ID
+        echo "buildah push sst_gui:latest $IMAGE_ID:latest"
+        buildah push --creds ${{ github.actor }}:${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }} sst_gui:latest $IMAGE_ID:latest
+        echo "buildah push sst_gui:latest $IMAGE_ID:$LATEST_TAG"
+        buildah push sst_gui:latest $IMAGE_ID:$LATEST_TAG

buildah_scripts/build.sh

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+#! /usr/bin/bash
+set -e
+set -o xtrace
+
+
+script_dir=$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)
+host_package_dir=$(dirname "$script_dir")/src
+container_package_dir=/usr/local/src/sst_gui
+
+version="0.0.1"
+
+# Check if bluesky:latest image is available locally
+if [[ "$(buildah images -q sst:latest)" == "" ]]; then
+  echo "Image not found locally. Pulling from ghcr.io/nsls-ii-sst..."
+  buildah pull ghcr.io/nsls-ii-sst/sst:latest
+fi
+
+container=$(buildah from sst)
+buildah run $container -- dnf -y install qt5-qtbase-devel
+buildah run $container -- conda install -y pyqt
+buildah run $container -- pip3 install bluesky_queueserver_api
+
+buildah copy $container $host_package_dir $container_package_dir 
+buildah run --workingdir $container_package_dir $container -- pip3 install .
+
+#buildah config --cmd "sst-gui --config /usr/local/src/sst_gui/sst_gui/test_config.yaml" $container
+
+buildah unmount $container
+
+buildah commit $container sst_gui:$version
+buildah commit $container sst_gui:latest
+
+buildah rm $container