From a2a34eadfdc9c2a0765b1b71f2a7baf089b55fc5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Strift <lau.cazanove@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2026 10:21:11 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] Use a slim dev image and store dependencies in a Docker
 volume

---
 .dockerignore                          |  3 +++
 CONTRIBUTING.md                        |  2 +-
 docker-compose.yml                     | 17 ++++++++++++-----
 Dockerfile => docker/python.Dockerfile |  6 +-----
 4 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 .dockerignore
 rename Dockerfile => docker/python.Dockerfile (51%)

diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4fb4f134
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+*
+!docker/
+!docker/python.Dockerfile
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 0ecbdeb8..ed5cbca8 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ You can set up your local environment natively or using `docker`, check out the
 
 Example of running all the checks with docker:
 ```bash
-docker-compose run --rm package bash -c "uv run mypy meilisearch && uv run ruff check && uv run ruff format --check && uv run pytest tests"
+docker compose run --rm package bash -c "uv sync && uv run mypy meilisearch && uv run ruff check && uv run ruff format --check && uv run pytest tests"
 ```
 
 To install dependencies:
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 1f9f9630..93f3854b 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 services:
   package:
-    build: .
+    build:
+      context: .
+      dockerfile: docker/python.Dockerfile
+    image: meilisearch-python-dev
     tty: true
     stdin_open: true
     working_dir: /home/package
@@ -8,15 +11,19 @@ services:
       - MEILISEARCH_URL=http://meilisearch:7700
     depends_on:
       - meilisearch
-    links:
-      - meilisearch
     volumes:
       - ./:/home/package
+      # Hide the host virtualenv. Native wheels stay in this volume.
+      - package_venv:/home/package/.venv
 
   meilisearch:
-    image: getmeili/meilisearch-enterprise:latest
+    image: getmeili/meilisearch-enterprise:v1.55
     ports:
-      - "7700"
+      - "7700:7700"
     environment:
       - MEILI_MASTER_KEY=masterKey
       - MEILI_NO_ANALYTICS=true
+      - MEILI_EXPERIMENTAL_ALLOWED_IP_NETWORKS=any
+
+volumes:
+  package_venv:
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/docker/python.Dockerfile
similarity index 51%
rename from Dockerfile
rename to docker/python.Dockerfile
index 04dd3b2a..02938f0e 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/python.Dockerfile
@@ -4,8 +4,4 @@ COPY --from=ghcr.io/astral-sh/uv:0.11.19 /uv /uvx /bin/
 
 WORKDIR /home/package
 
-COPY pyproject.toml .
-COPY uv.lock .
-
-# Install dependencies
-RUN uv sync --frozen --no-install-project
+CMD ["bash"]