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Dockerfile

@@ -1,34 +1,25 @@
-# Use an official Python runtime as a parent image
 FROM python:3.10-slim
 
-# Set the working directory in the container
+# working directory
 WORKDIR /code
 
-# --- FIX FOR PERMISSION ERROR ---
-# 1. Set environment variables to tell libraries where to cache files.
 ENV HF_HOME=/tmp/huggingface_cache
 ENV TORCH_HOME=/tmp/torch_cache
 
-# 2. Explicitly create the cache directory and give it open permissions.
-# This is safe within a container and ensures the application can write here.
+# explicitly create cache directory
 RUN mkdir -p $HF_HOME && chmod -R 777 $HF_HOME
 RUN mkdir -p $TORCH_HOME && chmod -R 777 $TORCH_HOME
 
-# Install system dependencies required by OpenCV
+# dependency req by open cv
 RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
     libgl1-mesa-glx \
     libglib2.0-0 \
     && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
-# Copy the requirements file into the container
 COPY ./requirements.txt /code/requirements.txt
 
-# Install the Python packages
 RUN pip install --no-cache-dir --upgrade -r /code/requirements.txt
 
-# Copy the rest of your application files into the container
 COPY . /code/
 
-# Tell Gunicorn to run your app on the port Hugging Face expects (7860)
-# The --timeout flag prevents the server from crashing during long model-loading times.
 CMD ["gunicorn", "--bind", "0.0.0.0:7860", "--timeout", "300", "app:app"]