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+# Every docker build in this repo previously sent the whole directory as
+# build context — including every OTHER git worktree under .claude/worktrees/
+# (each with its own web/node_modules, ~200-300MB apiece). That's what
+# starved the mac-mini's disk mid-build on 2026-07-27 (SHA 873b00a): the
+# context alone crossed 390MB of pure worktree cruft before the host ran out
+# of space. None of this ever belonged in an image.
+.claude/worktrees/
+.git/
+**/node_modules/
+**/dist/
+**/build/
+*.log