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Parent folder

Create a parent folder that will contain your Mage project code: 
mkdir data_monorepo
Change directory into the parent folder: 
cd data_monorepo

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Create a Dockerfile

Create an empty Dockerfile: 
echo "" > Dockerfile
Paste the contents from this Dockerfile into the Dockerfile you just created.

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Create a .gitignore file

Create an empty .gitignore file: 
echo "" > .gitignore
Paste the following contents into the .gitignore file you just created: 
.DS_Store
.file_versions
.gitkeep
.log
.logs/
.mage_temp_profiles
.preferences.yaml
.variables/
__pycache__/
docker-compose.override.yml
logs/
mage-ai.db
mage_data/
secrets/

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Create Mage project

Follow these instructions to create a Mage project in your current directory. If you named your project demo_project, your current folder structure will look like this: 
data_monorepo/
|-- demo_project/
|-- .gitignore
|-- Dockerfile