trying to get to build without self-dependency

.gitlab-ci.yml

@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ variables:
     - echo "$CI_REGISTRY_PASSWORD" | docker login -u "$CI_REGISTRY_USER" --password-stdin $CI_REGISTRY
 
 build:buildx-master:
+  image: docker:dind
   extends: .build
   only: 
     refs:
@@ -42,6 +43,7 @@ build:buildx-master:
     - docker buildx build --platform $CI_BUILDX_ARCHS --progress plain --pull -t "$CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE" --push .
 
 build:buildx:
+  image: docker:dind
   extends: .build
   only:
     variables:

original-gitlab-ci.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+image: jonoh/docker-buildx-qemu
+
+variables:
+  DOCKER_HOST: tcp://docker:2375/
+  PLATFORM: local
+  DOCKER_IMAGE_TAG: latest
+  DOCKER_PREBUILD_CMD: echo
+
+services:
+  - docker:dind
+
+.docker_before_script: &docker_before_script
+  - docker login -u "$CI_REGISTRY_USER" -p "$CI_REGISTRY_PASSWORD" $CI_REGISTRY
+  - docker pull "$CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE" || true
+  - '[[ "$PLATFORM" != "local" ]] && update-binfmts --enable'
+  # Use docker-container driver to allow useful features (push/multi-platform)
+  - docker buildx create --driver docker-container --use
+  - docker buildx inspect --bootstrap
+
+build:
+  stage: build
+  before_script: *docker_before_script
+  script:
+    - $DOCKER_PREBUILD_CMD
+    - docker buildx build 
+      --pull 
+      --cache-from "$CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE" 
+      --platform "$PLATFORM" 
+      -t "$CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE:$DOCKER_IMAGE_TAG" 
+      --push $EXTRA_BUILD_ARGS .
+  only:
+    - master
+
+build-unstable:
+  stage: build
+  before_script: *docker_before_script
+  script:
+    - $DOCKER_PREBUILD_CMD
+    - docker buildx build 
+      --pull 
+      --cache-from "$CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE" 
+      --platform "$PLATFORM" 
+      -t "$CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE:$CI_COMMIT_REF_SLUG" 
+      --push $EXTRA_BUILD_ARGS .
+  except:
+    - master

readme.md

@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # docker-buildx-qemu
 
+> this is a fork of https://gitlab.com/ericvh/docker-buildx-qemu
+> it has been modified to not depend on a gitlab-ci template repository.
+
+
 This Debian-based image allows you to easily build cross-platform images.
 It's been tested with GitLab CI on gitlab.com, but it should work anywhere that docker-in-docker already works, and with a binfmt_misc enabled kernel.
 
@@ -34,7 +38,7 @@ build:
     DOCKER_TLS_CERTDIR: ""
   retry: 2
   before_script:
-    - echo "$CI_REGISTRY_PASSWORD" | docker login -u "$CI_REGISTRY_USER" --password-stdin $CI_REGISTRY
+    - docker login -u $CI_REGISTRY_USER -p $CI_REGISTRY_PASSWORD $CI_REGISTRY
     # Use docker-container driver to allow useful features (push/multi-platform)
     - update-binfmts --enable # Important: Ensures execution of other binary formats is enabled in the kernel
     - docker buildx create --driver docker-container --use