Zip folder ignoring files listed on .gitignore

gitzip.sh

#...

function gitzip() { 
	git archive -o $@.zip HEAD
}

#... gitzip ZIPPED_FILE_NAME

If you require the files in the archive to be nested within the repo folder, and not in the root of the zip ie:
Not:

[
  file1
  file2
  ...
]

But:

[
  repo-folder
    [
      file1
      file2
      ...
     ]
]

Use something like this -

git archive --prefix ${PWD##*/}/ HEAD -o ../${PWD##*/}.zip

Thank you very mutch, it's very helped

if you find it useful to include the time of the backup/archive:

sudo git archive --prefix ${PWD##*/}/ HEAD -o ../${PWD##*/}-$(date "+%Y.%m.%d-%H.%M.%S").zip

@sadernalwis That's a good idea.

I use one time

git config --global alias.zip 'archive HEAD -o' 

and then when you want..

git zip test.zip 

Ah sorry repost, sorry..

used this one for windows Powershell:

git archive HEAD -o ../$(Split-Path -Path ${PWD} -Leaf)-$(Get-Date -UFormat "%Y.%m.%d-%H.%M").zip

I got here when i looked for a command do backup the whole (local) repository including .git.

Here it is:

7z.exe a -bd ../archive.7z * '-xr@.\.gitignore'

Based on this answer: https://superuser.com/questions/28162/how-do-i-use-7-zip-to-backup-files-but-exclude-some-directories