I am having an issue with a docker build using Pants. The dockerfile depends on a file named

.env

- When inspecting the sandbox, I notice Pants is not copying the

.env

file. I there a way for force this copy, my application depends on it, and I would like to avoid renaming the file - as there are other apps depending on this

you need a target to include that file, like

file(name="env-file", source=".env")

and then your docker image needs to pull that in with:

docker_image(.., dependencies=[":env-file"])

then it will exist in your docker build context. Adjust names etc as needed.

@billowy-crowd-24646 did this work?

I ended up going with - pants_ignore.add = [“!.env”]

Huh, so the issue was that .env is in your gitignore?