Use a slim dev image and store dependencies in a Docker volume

.dockerignore

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+*
+!docker/
+!docker/python.Dockerfile

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:

docker-compose.yml

@@ -1,22 +1,29 @@
 services:
   package:
-    build: .
+    build:
+      context: .
+      dockerfile: docker/python.Dockerfile
+    image: meilisearch-python-dev
     tty: true
     stdin_open: true
     working_dir: /home/package
     environment:
       - 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:

Dockerfile → 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"]