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+FROM gcc:latest
+
+# dependencies
+RUN apt update && apt install cmake libspdlog-dev libfmt-dev -y
+
+# create user
+ENV APPUSER=mcmap
+RUN groupadd -r $APPUSER && useradd --no-log-init -r -g $APPUSER $APPUSER
+RUN mkdir /$APPUSER
+RUN mkdir /input && chown $APPUSER:$APPUSER /input
+RUN mkdir /output && chown $APPUSER:$APPUSER /output
+
+# build
+COPY . /$APPUSER
+RUN cmake -S /$APPUSER -B /$APPUSER/build
+RUN make -C /$APPUSER/build mcmap
+RUN ln -s /$APPUSER/build/bin/* /bin/
+
+# create a mount point for the minecraft save
+VOLUME /input
+# create a mount point to dump our image to
+VOLUME /output
+
+USER $APPUSER
+ENTRYPOINT ["mcmap"]
+CMD ["-file","/output/output.png","/input"]