Checkpoint script for when you do not want Git history

checkpoint.sh

#!/bin/bash
cwd=$(dirname $(readlink -f $0))
checkpoint_dir="$cwd/backup"
mkdir -p "$checkpoint_dir"
infix=$(date '+%F_%T')
output="$checkpoint_dir/checkpoint-$infix.tar"
tar \
    --exclude='dist' \
    --exclude='__pycache__' \
    --exclude='node_modules' \
    --exclude='vendor' \
    --exclude='checkpoint-*' \
    --exclude='backup/*' \
    --exclude='.git' \
    --exclude='target' \
    -zcvf \
    $output .