diff --git a/scripts/docker_deploy_manual.sh b/scripts/docker_deploy_manual.sh
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+#!/usr/bin/env sh
+
+set -e
+
+if [ -z "$1" ]
+then
+    echo "Usage: $0 <tag/branch>"
+    exit 1
+fi
+branch="$1"
+
+#docker login
+
+DIR=$(mktemp -d)
+(
+cd "$DIR"
+
+git clone --depth 2 https://github.com/ethereum/solidity.git -b "$branch"
+cd solidity
+commithash=$(git rev-parse --short=8 HEAD)
+echo -n "$commithash" > commit_hash.txt
+version=$($(dirname "$0")/get_version.sh)
+if [ "$branch" = "release" -o "$branch" = v"$version" ]
+then
+    echo -n > prerelease.txt
+else
+    date -u +"nightly.%Y.%-m.%-d" > prerelease.txt
+fi
+
+rm -rf .git
+docker build -t ethereum/solc:build -f scripts/Dockerfile .
+tmp_container=$(docker create ethereum/solc:build sh)
+if [ "$branch" = "develop" ]
+then
+    docker tag ethereum/solc:build ethereum/solc:nightly;
+    docker tag ethereum/solc:build ethereum/solc:nightly-"$version"-"$commithash"
+    docker push ethereum/solc:nightly-"$version"-"$commithash";
+    docker push ethereum/solc:nightly;
+elif [ "$branch" = v"$version" ]
+then
+    docker tag ethereum/solc:build ethereum/solc:stable;
+    docker tag ethereum/solc:build ethereum/solc:"$version";
+    docker push ethereum/solc:stable;
+    docker push ethereum/solc:"$version";
+else
+    echo "Not publishing docker image from branch or tag $branch"
+fi
+)
+rm -rf "$DIR"