From 0cfd54d9455174eae0fe9ac31768c7ebcf3d5e47 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ragnar Laud <ragnar.laud@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 5 Aug 2026 01:12:07 +0700
Subject: [PATCH] fix: move venv outside of backend in dockerfile

The venv's bin directory gets overwritten when the docker copies the
backend directory into the image. This moves the venv outside of the
backend so that it does not get overwritten.
---
 Dockerfile | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 3a015daf..e6c41ace 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ WORKDIR /app
 # Install uv (fast Python package manager).
 COPY --from=ghcr.io/astral-sh/uv:0.11 /uv /usr/local/bin/uv
 
+# Move the venv outside of backend so it doesn't get overwritten with the copy
+ENV UV_PROJECT_ENVIRONMENT=/opt/venv
+
 # Install Python dependencies into /app/.venv (layer cached on lockfile changes)
 COPY backend/pyproject.toml backend/uv.lock backend/.python-version ./
 RUN uv sync --frozen --no-install-project
@@ -28,6 +31,6 @@ RUN uv sync --frozen --no-install-project
 COPY backend/ .
 
 # Put the venv's binaries on PATH so `python`, `gunicorn`, `celery` etc. resolve.
-ENV PATH="/app/.venv/bin:$PATH"
+ENV PATH="/opt/venv/bin:$PATH"
 
 EXPOSE 8000