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When building container images, never copy the entire build context blindly. Add a .dockerignore (and/or use targeted COPY paths) to ensure sensitive files and local artifacts can’t be baked into the image—especially when using COPY . ..

Practical standard:

• Always exclude: .env, .venv/, __pycache__/, *.pyc (and other environment/credential files).
• Prefer COPY requirements.txt ./ then install, and only copy the needed source directories.

Example .dockerignore:

.env
.venv/
__pycache__/
*.pyc

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