Exceptions in .dockerignore

Question

How does .dockerignore handle exceptions?

For example, I would like to ignore everything from the src/ directory except for src/web/p

Answer 1

It does not appear that .dockerignore handles exceptions. If there is a well-known syntax for this, you could propose the change and make a pull request.

In tag 1.3 of commands.go we see this:

    ignore, err := ioutil.ReadFile(path.Join(root, ".dockerignore"))
    // ...
    options := &archive.TarOptions{
        Compression: archive.Uncompressed,
        Excludes:    excludes,
    }
    context, err = archive.TarWithOptions(root, options)

and in archive.go:

    for _, include := range options.Includes {

            // ...
            skip, err := fileutils.Matches(relFilePath, options.Excludes)
            if err != nil {
                log.Debugf("Error matching %s", relFilePath, err)
                return err
            }

            if skip {
                if f.IsDir() {
                    return filepath.SkipDir
                }
                return nil
            }
            // ...
    }