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Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) is crucial step in developing an automated processes of CHIME software release. Here at CHIME, CI/CD is integrated through the use of GitHub Actions format, specifically as pipelines that are defined per repository at /.github/workflows/continuous-integration.yml and /.github/workflows/continuous-deployment.yml, or similar names. The goal of each pipeline is simple:

Continuous Integration is a pipeline that typically runs per pull-request and per merge to the main branch, and conducts defined test cases, precommit checks, and anything else needed to verify that the code can be integrated without errors.
Continuous Deployment is also a pipline that typicaly runs per push to the main branch, and this pipeline typically serves to deploy the new codebase into a packaged, distributable software release through Git Release Tags and typically Docker Image builds to the CHIME DockerHub.

The "Continuous" term simply implies that this is a repeatable, automated process that will continuously occur whenever continuous changes are made to the codebase. In summary, CI/CD allows for automation of code integration and application release.