# .dockerignore file doesn't seem to be respected

**URL:** <https://discuss.circleci.com/t/dockerignore-file-doesnt-seem-to-be-respected/813>\
**Category:** Build Environment\
**Tags:** docker\
**Created:** [November 30, 2015, 2:02am UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/dockerignore-file-doesnt-seem-to-be-respected/813 "2015-11-30T02:02:28Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![jladuval](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/circleci/user_avatar/discuss.circleci.com/jladuval/32/519_2.png) [@jladuval](https://discuss.circleci.com/u/jladuval)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2015, 2:02am UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/dockerignore-file-doesnt-seem-to-be-respected/813/1 "2015-11-30T02:02:28Z")

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Hi guys, pretty simple issue here. The .dockerignore file for my app doesn’t seem to be respected by docker. I’ve checked to make sure that it’s being pulled in from Github but all my ignored files still end up in my container.

Has anyone else faced this issue?

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**Author:** ![jladuval](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/circleci/user_avatar/discuss.circleci.com/jladuval/32/519_2.png) [@jladuval](https://discuss.circleci.com/u/jladuval)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2015, 2:36am UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/dockerignore-file-doesnt-seem-to-be-respected/813/2 "2015-11-30T02:36:34Z")

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This one is totally my fault here I was running the following

`docker run foo/bar npm install && ls`

when really I should have been running

`docker run foo/bar sh -c 'npm install && ls'`

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/circleci/original/3X/5/1/511608acda8e85906e15909b57bd0a46c1dbe291.png) [@system](https://discuss.circleci.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2018, 11:37am UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/dockerignore-file-doesnt-seem-to-be-respected/813/3 "2018-06-18T11:37:41Z")

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Closed on June 18, 2018, 11:37am UTC