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-version: 2
-jobs:
-  dockerhubuploadrelease:
-    machine: true
-    steps:
-      - checkout
-      - run: docker build -f docker/Dockerfile --label gitsha1=${CIRCLE_SHA1} -t matrixdotorg/synapse:${CIRCLE_TAG} -t matrixdotorg/synapse:${CIRCLE_TAG}-py3 .
-      - run: docker login --username $DOCKER_HUB_USERNAME --password $DOCKER_HUB_PASSWORD
-      - run: docker push matrixdotorg/synapse:${CIRCLE_TAG}
-      - run: docker push matrixdotorg/synapse:${CIRCLE_TAG}-py3
-  dockerhubuploadreleaseshhs:
-    machine: true
-    steps:
-      - checkout
-      - run: docker build -f docker/Dockerfile --label gitsha1=${CIRCLE_SHA1} -t matrixdotorg/synapse:${CIRCLE_TAG} --build-arg PYTHON_VERSION=3.7 .
-      - run: docker login --username $DOCKER_HUB_USERNAME --password $DOCKER_HUB_PASSWORD
-      - run: docker push matrixdotorg/synapse:${CIRCLE_TAG}
-  dockerhubuploadlatest:
-    machine: true
-    steps:
-      - checkout
-      - run: docker build -f docker/Dockerfile --label gitsha1=${CIRCLE_SHA1} -t matrixdotorg/synapse:latest -t matrixdotorg/synapse:latest-py3 .
-      - run: docker login --username $DOCKER_HUB_USERNAME --password $DOCKER_HUB_PASSWORD
-      - run: docker push matrixdotorg/synapse:latest
-      - run: docker push matrixdotorg/synapse:latest-py3
-
-workflows:
-  version: 2
-  build:
-    jobs:
-      - dockerhubuploadrelease:
-          filters:
-            tags:
-              only: /v[0-9].[0-9]+.[0-9]+.*/
-            branches:
-              ignore: /.*/
-      - dockerhubuploadreleaseshhs:
-          filters:
-            tags:
-              only: /shhs-v[0-9]+.[0-9]+.*/
-            branches:
-              ignore: /.*/
-      - dockerhubuploadlatest:
-          filters:
-            branches:
-              only: master