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+# .dockerignore for edx-platform.
+# There's a lot here, please try to keep it organized.
+
+### Files that are not needed in the docker file
+
+/test_root/
+.git
+
+### Files private to developers
+
+# Files that should be git-ignored, but are hand-edited or otherwise valued,
+# and so should not be destroyed by "make clean".
+# start-noclean
+requirements/private.txt
+requirements/edx/private.in
+requirements/edx/private.txt
+lms/envs/private.py
+cms/envs/private.py
+# end-noclean
+
+### Python artifacts
+**/*.pyc
+**/__pycache__
+.venv
+venv
+
+### Editor and IDE artifacts
+**/*~
+**/*.swp
+**/*.orig
+**/nbproject
+**/.idea/
+**/.redcar/
+**/codekit-config.json
+**/.pycharm_helpers/
+**/_mac/*
+**/IntelliLang.xml
+**/conda_packages.xml
+**/databaseSettings.xml
+**/diff.xml
+**/debugger.xml
+**/editor.xml
+**/ide.general.xml
+**/inspection/Default.xml
+**/other.xml
+**/packages.xml
+**/web-browsers.xml
+
+### NFS artifacts
+**/.nfs*
+
+### OS X artifacts
+**/*.DS_Store
+**/.AppleDouble
+**/:2e_*
+**/:2e#
+
+### Internationalization artifacts
+**/*.mo
+**/*.po
+**/*.prob
+**/*.dup
+!**/django.po
+!**/django.mo
+!**/djangojs.po
+!**/djangojs.mo
+conf/locale/en/LC_MESSAGES/*.mo
+conf/locale/fake*/LC_MESSAGES/*.po
+conf/locale/fake*/LC_MESSAGES/*.mo
+
+### Testing artifacts
+**/.testids/
+**/.noseids
+**/nosetests.xml
+**/.cache/
+**/.coverage
+**/.coverage.*
+**/coverage.xml
+**/cover/
+**/cover_html/
+**/reports/
+**/jscover.log
+**/jscover.log.*
+**/.pytest_cache/
+**/pytest_task*.txt
+**/.tddium*
+common/test/data/test_unicode/static/
+test_root/courses/
+test_root/data/test_bare.git/
+test_root/export_course_repos/
+test_root/paver_logs/
+test_root/uploads/
+**/django-pyfs
+**/.tox/
+common/test/data/badges/*.png
+
+### Installation artifacts
+**/*.egg-info
+**/.pip_download_cache/
+**/.prereqs_cache
+**/.vagrant/
+**/node_modules
+**/bin/
+
+### Static assets pipeline artifacts
+**/*.scssc
+lms/static/css/
+lms/static/certificates/css/
+cms/static/css/
+common/static/common/js/vendor/
+common/static/common/css/vendor/
+common/static/bundles
+**/webpack-stats.json
+
+### Styling generated from templates
+lms/static/sass/*.css
+lms/static/sass/*.css.map
+lms/static/certificates/sass/*.css
+lms/static/themed_sass/
+cms/static/css/
+cms/static/sass/*.css
+cms/static/sass/*.css.map
+cms/static/themed_sass/
+themes/**/css
+
+### Logging artifacts
+**/log/
+**/logs
+**/chromedriver.log
+**/ghostdriver.log
+
+### Celery artifacts ###
+**/celerybeat-schedule
+
+### Unknown artifacts
+**/database.sqlite
+**/courseware/static/js/mathjax/*
+**/flushdb.sh
+**/build
+/src/
+\#*\#
+**/.env/
+openedx/core/djangoapps/django_comment_common/comment_client/python
+**/autodeploy.properties
+**/.ws_migrations_complete
+**/dist
+**/*.bak
+
+# Visual Studio Code
+**/.vscode
+
+# Locally generated PII reports
+**/pii_report