diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/.dockerignore
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+/cmake-build-debug/*
+/build*/
+/var/*
+!/var/build/.gitkeep
+!/var/ccache/.gitkeep
+/env/dist/*
+!/env/dist/.gitkeep
+/env/user/*
+/.env*
+.idea
+!.gitkeep
+
+# do not ignore the ccache folder (used by the ci)
+!/var/docker/ccache
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+++ b/.gitignore
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+#
+# AzerothCore
+#
+
+/conf/*
+!/conf/dist
+/modules/*
+!/modules/*.md
+!/modules/*.sh
+!/modules/CMakeLists.txt
+!/modules/*.h
+!/modules/*.cmake
+/build*/
+/var/*
+!/var/build/.gitkeep
+!/var/ccache/.gitkeep
+/env/dist/*
+!/env/dist/.gitkeep
+/env/user/*
+/.env*
+/apps/joiner
+/deps/deno
+/data/sql/custom/*
+/src/server/scripts/Custom/*
+!/src/server/scripts/Custom/README.md
+
+/*.override.yml
+/*.override.yaml
+
+!.gitkeep
+
+# default build directory if not specified by CMAKE configuration
+/out/*
+
+#
+#Generic
+#
+
+.directory
+.mailmap
+*.orig
+*.rej
+*~
+.hg/
+*.kdev*
+.DS_Store
+CMakeLists.txt.user
+*.bak
+*.patch
+*.diff
+*.REMOTE.*
+*.BACKUP.*
+*.BASE.*
+*.LOCAL.*
+
+#
+# IDE & other software
+#
+/.settings/
+/.externalToolBuilders/*
+# exclude in all levels
+nbproject/
+.sync.ffs_db
+*.kate-swp
+.browse.VC*
+.idea
+cmake-build-*/*
+coverage-report/
+.vs
+
+.vscode/*
+!.vscode/settings.json
+!.vscode/tasks.json
+!.vscode/launch.json
+!.vscode/extensions.json
+
+#
+# Eclipse
+#
+*.pydevproject
+.metadata
+.gradle
+tmp/
+*.tmp
+*.swp
+*~.nib
+local.properties
+.settings/
+.loadpath
+.project
+.cproject
+
+
+# ==================
+#
+#  CUSTOM
+#
+#  put below your custom ignore rules
+#  for example , if you want to include a
+#  module directly in repositoryyou can do:
+#
+#  !modules/yourmodule
+#
+# ==================