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+apptainer-build-ci
+Project containing a shared gitlab-ci.yml file for building Apptainer images.
+
+How to use
+Simply create a .gitlab-ci.yml file in your project that contains the following:
+
+include:
+  - project: 'surrey-shared-containers/templates/apptainer-build-ci'
+    file: 'apptainer-build-ci.yml'
+This will cause you project to pull and use the gitlab-ci.yml from this project.
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