diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
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index 0000000..6fd7a3d
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+++ b/.dockerignore
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+.DS_Store
+._*
+*.pyc
+__pycache__/
+.mypy_cache/
+.pytest_cache/
+.github/
+
+venv/
+.venv/
+.docker-venv/
+
+build/
+dist/
+pip_dist/
+!pip_dist/archivebox.egg-info/requires.txt
+brew_dist/
+assets/
+
+data/
+output/
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