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+ARG TAG=latest
+FROM gerrit-base:${TAG}
+
+USER root
+
+COPY dependencies/* /var/tools/
+COPY requirements.txt /var/tools/
+WORKDIR /var/tools
+
+RUN apk update && \
+    apk add --no-cache \
+      python3 && \
+    python3 -m ensurepip && \
+    rm -r /usr/lib/python*/ensurepip && \
+    # follow https://til.simonwillison.net/python/pip-tools to update hashes
+    pip3 install --require-hashes -r requirements.txt --no-cache --upgrade && \
+    pipenv install --python 3.11 --system
+
+COPY tools /var/tools/
+COPY config/* /var/config/
+
+RUN mkdir -p /var/mnt/git \
+  && mkdir -p /var/mnt/logs \
+  && chown -R gerrit:users /var/mnt
+
+USER gerrit
+
+ENTRYPOINT ["python3", "/var/tools/gerrit-initializer"]
+CMD ["-s", "/var/gerrit", "-c", "/var/config/gerrit-init.yaml", "init"]