diff --git a/src/assets/templates/hello-world-python-container/Dockerfile b/src/assets/templates/hello-world-python-container/Dockerfile.template
similarity index 100%
rename from src/assets/templates/hello-world-python-container/Dockerfile
rename to src/assets/templates/hello-world-python-container/Dockerfile.template
diff --git a/src/core/project/templates/fsTree.test.ts b/src/core/project/templates/fsTree.test.ts
index bdf4e0503..1ad93cc74 100644
--- a/src/core/project/templates/fsTree.test.ts
+++ b/src/core/project/templates/fsTree.test.ts
@@ -83,4 +83,19 @@ describe("FsTreeNode.fromAssetSource", () => {
     ]);
     expect(await tree.children[2]?.bytes?.()).toBe("contents:template/gitignore.template");
   });
+
+  test("strips .template suffix from non-ignore files", async () => {
+    const source: AssetSource = {
+      async list() {
+        return ["template/Dockerfile.template", "template/dockerignore.template"];
+      },
+      async read(assetPath) {
+        return `contents:${assetPath}`;
+      },
+    };
+
+    const tree = await FsTreeNode.fromAssetSource(source, "template", "root");
+
+    expect(tree.children.map((node) => node.name)).toEqual(["Dockerfile", ".dockerignore"]);
+  });
 });
diff --git a/src/core/project/templates/fsTree.ts b/src/core/project/templates/fsTree.ts
index d388cbe96..ec9171d42 100644
--- a/src/core/project/templates/fsTree.ts
+++ b/src/core/project/templates/fsTree.ts
@@ -118,9 +118,13 @@ export class FsTreeNode {
 }
 
 /**
- * Ignore templates are renamed to dotfiles because npm strips real dotfiles when publishing.
+ * Render filenames according to the following rules:
+ * - *ignore.template -> .*ignore to support `.` files.
+ * - *.template -> * to support extensionless files.
  */
 function renderName(filename: string): string {
-  const ignore = filename.match(/^(git|npm|docker)ignore\.template$/);
-  return ignore ? `.${ignore[1]}ignore` : filename;
+  const ignoreMatchResult = filename.match(/^(git|npm|docker)ignore\.template$/);
+  if (ignoreMatchResult) return `.${ignoreMatchResult[1]}ignore`;
+  if (filename.endsWith(".template")) return filename.slice(0, -".template".length);
+  return filename;
 }