Proof of concept for https://github.com/twolfson/grunt-zip/issues/15

.gitignore

node_modules/
dev/
dist/

Gruntfile.js

module.exports = function (grunt) {
  // Write out files to zip
  grunt.file.write('dev/index.html', 'hello');
  grunt.file.write('dev/style/style.css', 'world');

  // Set up grunt config
  grunt.initConfig({
    zip : {
      app : {
        cwd: 'dev/',
        src : ['dev/**/*'],
        dest : 'dist/dev.zip'
      }
    }
  });

  // Load in grunt-zop
  grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-zip');

  // By default, run `zip` task
  grunt.registerTask('default', ['zip']);
};

package.json

{
  "name": "gist-grunt-zip-poc",
  "version": "0.1.0",
  "description": "",
  "main": "Gruntfile.js",
  "repository": {
    "type": "git",
    "url": "https://gist.github.com/5992548.git"
  },
  "author": "Todd Wolfson <todd@twolfson.com>",
  "license": "MIT",
  "devDependencies": {
    "grunt-zip": "~0.9.2",
    "grunt": "~0.4.1"
  }
}