Keep git-ignored files and data/ out of the Docker build context (closes #266)

.dockerignore now lists every .gitignore pattern, each with **/ so Docker
matches it in every directory as git does, plus the top-level data/
directory. git-ignored secrets such as .env.local, *.key files and
data/session.key no longer reach the build stages or the build cache. .git
stays in the context and no tracked file is listed, so the version still
comes from git describe without -dirty.

data/, where upaasd keeps its database and session key when run from the
checkout, is now git-ignored.

Model: opus-5-5

.dockerignore

@@ -1,8 +1,28 @@
 # .git is sent so that `make build` in the Dockerfile can stamp the commit into
 # upaas. List no tracked file here: git would see it as deleted in the build and
 # the version would end in -dirty.
-.env
+
-bin/
+# The patterns of .gitignore; **/ makes Docker match them in every directory.
-.vscode/
+**/.DS_Store
-.idea/
+**/Thumbs.db
-*.test
+**/*.swp
+**/*.swo
+**/*~
+**/*.bak
+**/.idea/
+**/.vscode/
+**/*.sublime-*
+**/node_modules/
+**/.env
+**/.env.*
+**/*.pem
+**/*.key
+**/bin/
+**/*.exe
+**/*.exe~
+**/*.dll
+**/*.so
+**/*.dylib
+**/*.test
+**/*.out
+/data/

.gitignore

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+# .dockerignore repeats these patterns; change both together.
+
 # OS
 .DS_Store
 Thumbs.db
@@ -29,3 +31,6 @@ bin/
 *.dylib
 *.test
 *.out
+
+# upaasd's data directory when it runs from the checkout (UPAAS_DATA_DIR default)
+/data/

TODO.md

@@ -20,6 +20,11 @@ regress.
 
 # Completed Steps
 
+- 2026-10-02: `docker build .` no longer sends git-ignored files, such as
+  `.env.local`, `*.key` files or upaasd's `data/` directory with its session
+  key, into the build stages and the build cache: `.dockerignore` now leaves out
+  everything `.gitignore` does, and `data/` is git-ignored (#266).
+
 - 2026-10-01: Built images are tagged `upaas-<app>:<short hash>`, git's short
   form of the commit built, instead of the deployment number. A redeploy of a
   commit gives its tag to the new image; the old one is kept while the app runs