zipd 0.3.8

Recursively zip up a directory/folder

zipd

Convenience utility for recursively zipping up a directory (or "folder"). Formerly known as zipdir.

Contents

• Features
• Requirements
• Installing
• References

Features

• Can filter some revision control files out of resulting zipfile.
• Can use .gitignore file for filtering.
• Can zip up a git workspace including the .git folder.
• Can make a fresh zipfile or reuse an existing one.
• Can pass options to zip.
• Dry run.

Requirements

• A Python interpreter, version 3.10 or later
• zip installed somewhere on your path

Installing

It is recommended to install zipd in its own virtual environment (for example, using uv).

Once you have uv installed, you can use it to install zipd as follows:

uv tool install zipd

Then:

uv tool run zipd --help

or:

uvx zipd --help

References

• zip
• git (.gitignore)
• gitignore-parser
• uv (install)