A shell function to zip folders, excluding macOS metadata files. Add to your .bash_profile (or similar) to have a "zipit" command.

zipit.sh

function zipit {
  currentDir=$(pwd)                             # get current dir so you can return later
  cd $(dirname $1)                              # change to target’s dir (works better for zip)
  target=$(basename $1)                         # get target’s name
  zip -r $target.zip $target -x '*/.DS_Store'   # make a zip of the target, excluding macOS metadata
  echo "zip made of " $1                        # announce completion
  cd $currentDir                                # return to where you were
}