diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
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-# build folders and similar which are not needed for the docker build
-target
-docker
-api_tests
-ansible
-tests
-*.sh
-pictrs
diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
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+.gitignore
\ No newline at end of file