feat: add github action to test build_container and run containerized test

Author: drodbar

.github/workflows/build_container.yml

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+name: build_container
+
+on:
+  push:
+    ignore_branches: [ no_test ]
+  pull_request:
+    ignore_branches: [ no_test ]
+
+jobs:
+
+  build_container:
+
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+    - name: Run build_container to generate scratch image
+      run: scripts/build_container -g scratch -e BASE_IMAGE=scratch
+
+    - name: Run test script
+      run: scripts/test