diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6f516a0e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.dockerignore
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+tests
+.github
+.git
+.pytest_cache
+.vscode
+__pycache__
+*.md
+docs/*
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