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+ARG BASE_IMAGE=alpine:3.18.2
+FROM $BASE_IMAGE
+
+ENV LC_ALL=C.UTF-8
+ENV LANG=C.UTF-8
+
+RUN apk update && \
+    apk add --no-cache git
+
+ARG GERRIT_UID=1000
+RUN adduser -D gerrit -u $GERRIT_UID -G users
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+# Base image
+
+This is the base Docker image for Gerrit deployment on Kubernetes.
+It is only used in the build process and not published on Dockerhub.
+
+## Content
+
+* Alpine Linux 3.10.0
+* git
+* create `gerrit`-user as a non-root user to run the applications