diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
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index 0000000000..0f84aa1211
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+*secret*sh
+*~
+.env
+.env-secrets
+.git
+.idea/
+__pycache__/
+_ignored_schema.rs
+models/Wav2Lip/python/
+models/tacotron2/python/
+production_database_secret_connect.sh
+secrets.toml
+secrets.yaml
+target/