zippa 0.1.2

A Python utility for zipping directories and files

Automate dir zipping⚡️

Project Description

CLI for flexibly zipping items.

Features

• compress files and dirs as required
  • run command for zipping dirs/files of choice
  • run command for defining where compressed files should live

Prerequisites

• Python 3.12+
• Git
• uv (recommended) or pip

Usage

Command Line Interface

Case 1: Compress items from current working directory (cwd)

# Basic compression in cwd
$ uv run zippa pack foo.txt bar.py
$ uv run zippa pack foo.txt dir1/ bar.py
$ uv run zippa pack .

# Specify output location (can be anywhere)
$ uv run zippa pack . --output /path/to/backup.zip
$ uv run zippa pack *.py --output ../python_files.zip
$ uv run zippa pack . --output ~/backups/project.zip

Case 2: Compress items from external directory, output in that directory

# Compress everything in external directory, output there
$ uv run zippa pack . --chdir ~/path/to/dir --output backup.zip

# Compress specific files in external directory, output there
$ uv run zippa pack file1.txt file2.py --chdir ~/path/to/dir --output backup.zip

Case 3: Compress items from external directory, output in different directory

# Compress everything in external directory, output elsewhere
$ uv run zippa pack . --chdir ~/path/to/source --output ~/path/to/output/backup.zip

# Compress specific files in external directory, output elsewhere
$ uv run zippa pack file1.txt file2.py --chdir ~/path/to/source --output ~/path/to/output/backup.zip

Exclude Patterns

# Exclude specific patterns via command line
$ uv run zippa pack . --exclude "*.pyc" --exclude "__pycache__" --exclude "*.log"

# Use custom .zipignore file
$ uv run zippa pack . --exclude-file .myignore

# Combine .zipignore with additional exclusions
$ uv run zippa pack . --exclude-file .zipignore --exclude "*.tmp"

# Exclude patterns with external directory
$ uv run zippa pack . --chdir ~/path/to/project --exclude "*.pyc" --exclude "__pycache__"

.zipignore File

Create a .zipignore file in your project root to define default exclusions:

# .zipignore example
*.pyc
__pycache__/
*.log
*.tmp
.git/
node_modules/
.env
*.DS_Store
build/
dist/
*.egg-info/

Additional Options

# Verbose output
$ uv run zippa pack . --output backup.zip --verbose

# Custom compression level
$ uv run zippa pack . --compress-level 6 --output backup.zip

# Show help
$ uv run zippa --help
$ uv run zippa pack --help

Important Notes

• Case 1: Items are relative to your current working directory
• Case 2 & 3: Items are relative to the directory specified by --chdir
• Output location: Can be anywhere (absolute or relative path)
• Current limitation: --chdir must come after the items to compress

Future Updates

• make syntax for running commands more intuitive
• implement extraction of compressed items
• implement compression summary after each compression
• listen to events and compress correspondently

Author

Carlos Pumar-Frohberg

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