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+# Copyright (c) Meta Platforms, Inc. and affiliates.
+# All rights reserved.
+#
+# This source code is licensed under the license found in the
+# LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
+
+
+# ============================
+# 1. Version Control
+# ============================
+
+# Ignore Git repository files
+.git
+.gitignore
+
+# Ignore GitHub specific files and directories
+.github/
+
+# ============================
+# 2. Python Artifacts
+# ============================
+
+# Ignore Python cache directories and compiled files
+__pycache__/
+*.pyc
+*.pyo
+*.pyd
+
+# Ignore C extensions
+*.so
+
+# ============================
+# 3. Build and Distribution
+# ============================
+
+# Ignore build directories
+build/
+dist/
+*.egg-info/
+*.eggs/
+
+# Ignore PyInstaller artifacts
+*.manifest
+*.spec
+
+# ============================
+# 4. Virtual Environments
+# ============================
+
+# Ignore virtual environment directories
+venv/
+env/
+ENV/
+.venv/
+.env/
+
+# ============================
+# 5. Docker Files
+# ============================
+
+# Optionally ignore Dockerfile and .dockerignore if not needed inside the image
+Dockerfile
+.dockerignore
+
+# ============================
+# 6. Logs and Temporary Files
+# ============================
+
+# Ignore log files
+*.log
+
+# Ignore temporary files and backups
+tmp/
+*.tmp
+*.bak
+
+# ============================
+# 7. Data and Models
+# ============================
+
+# Exclude datasets and models if they are large and intended to be mounted as volumes
+dataset/
+data/
+models/
+
+# ============================
+# 8. Documentation and Examples
+# ============================
+
+# Ignore documentation and example directories
+docs/
+demos/
+egs/
+model_cards/
+
+# ============================
+# 9. Tests
+# ============================
+
+# Ignore test directories
+tests/
+tests_integ/
+
+# ============================
+# 10. IDE and Editor Configurations
+# ============================
+
+# Ignore Visual Studio Code configurations
+.vscode/
+
+# Ignore PyCharm configurations
+.idea/
+
+# Ignore Sublime Text projects
+*.sublime-project
+*.sublime-workspace
+
+# Ignore Atom configurations
+.atom/
+
+# Ignore Emacs temporary files
+*~
+\#*\#
+
+# Ignore Vim swap files
+*.swp
+*.swo
+*.swn
+
+# ============================
+# 11. Operating System Files
+# ============================
+
+# Ignore macOS Finder metadata
+.DS_Store
+
+# Ignore Windows thumbnail caches
+Thumbs.db
+ehthumbs.db
+
+# ============================
+# 12. CI/CD Configurations
+# ============================
+
+# Ignore Continuous Integration directories and files
+.circleci/
+.travis.yml
+.github/workflows/
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+# Copyright (c) Meta Platforms, Inc. and affiliates.
+# All rights reserved.
+#
+# This source code is licensed under the license found in the
+# LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
+
+# #Let's Use NVIDIA's CUDA base image with Python 3.9 and cuDNN 8
+FROM nvidia/cuda:11.7.1-cudnn8-runtime-ubuntu20.04
+
+# Then Setup environment variables
+ENV PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE=1
+ENV PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1
+ENV AUDIOCRAFT_CACHE_DIR=/app/cache
+
+# # Set DEBIAN_FRONTEND to noninteractive to disable prompts
+ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
+
+# Build argument for timezone with default value 'Etc/UTC'
+ARG TIMEZONE=Etc/UTC
+
+# Furhet we Set the working directory
+WORKDIR /app
+
+#TO Install system dependencies
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
+    python3.9 \
+    python3.9-venv \
+    python3-pip \
+    python3.9-dev \
+    ffmpeg \
+    build-essential \
+    git \
+    libsndfile1-dev \ 
+    libffi-dev \                
+    cython \                    
+    tzdata \  
+    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+
+# Preconfigure timezone
+RUN ln -fs /usr/share/zoneinfo/${TIMEZONE} /etc/localtime && \
+    echo "${TIMEZONE}" > /etc/timezone && \
+    dpkg-reconfigure --frontend noninteractive tzdata
+
+
+# Also, we Create a symlink for python
+RUN ln -s /usr/bin/python3.9 /usr/bin/python
+
+# Then Upgrade pip
+COPY requirements.txt .
+RUN python -m pip install --upgrade pip setuptools wheel
+
+# Install Python packages with --no-binary for pesq
+RUN pip install --no-binary=pesq -r requirements.txt
+
+# Copy the rest of the application code
+COPY . .
+
+# Install the package in editable mode
+# COPY setup.py .
+RUN pip install -e .
+
+# (Optional) Install additional dependencies for optional features (e.g., watermarking)
+# Uncomment the following line if you need to install extras
+# RUN pip install -e '.[wm]'
+
+# (Optional) Create a non-root user for enhanced security
+# RUN useradd -m audiocraftuser && chown -R audiocraftuser:audiocraftuser /app
+# USER audiocraftuser
+
+# Expose necessary ports if this application serves a web interface or API though
+# i can't find any
+# EXPOSE 8000
+
+# Define the default command to run the training script
+CMD ["python", "train.py"]
+
+
+
+