.dockerignore Generator
Keep node_modules, .git and secrets out of your Docker build context for faster, safer builds.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Without it Docker sends everything — .git, node_modules, .env — to the build context, slowing builds and risking secrets in images.
Docker only matches from the context root, so node_modules would miss nested folders. **/node_modules matches everywhere.
Usually yes — it isn't needed inside the image. It's included in the Docker extras section.
Yes, the Test paths view shows which files match.