diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
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index 0000000..1b242ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.dockerignore
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+**/*.yml
+**/*.yaml
+**/*.md
+**/*example
+**/Dockerfile*
+Gemfile.lock
+Rakefile
+Vagrantfile
+coverage
+docs
+examples
+scripts
+vendor