How to test dockerignore file?

shell docker ignore node-modules
Édouard Lopez picture Édouard Lopez · Aug 14, 2016 · Viewed 12.6k times · Source

After reading the .dockerignore documentation, I'm wondering if there is a way to test it?

Examples

**/node_modules/

How do I check my dockerfile ignore the correct files and directories?

Answer

BMitch picture BMitch · Dec 5, 2016

To expand on VonC's suggestion, here's a sample build command you can use to create an image with the current folder's build context:

docker image build -t build-context -f - . <<EOF
FROM busybox
COPY . /build-context
WORKDIR /build-context
CMD find .
EOF

Once created, run the container and inspect the contents of the /build-context directory which includes everything not excluded by the .dockerignore file:

# run the default find command
docker container run --rm build-context

# or inspect it from a shell using
docker container run --rm -it build-context /bin/sh

You can then cleanup with:

docker image rm build-context

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