Zip subfolder to keep backup easily ignoring sub-subfolders

zip_subfolders.py

import os
import zipfile

def zip_project_subfolders(directory):
  # Sub-subfolders to ignore
  ignore_folders = {'.idea', '.git', 'env', 'node_modules'}

  for item in os.listdir(directory):
    item_path = os.path.join(directory, item)
    if os.path.isdir(item_path) and item != 'the_project_you_dont_want_to_keep':
      zip_filename = f"{item}.zip"
      with zipfile.ZipFile(zip_filename, 'w', zipfile.ZIP_DEFLATED) as zipf:
        for root, dirs, files in os.walk(item_path):
          # Skip ignored folders
          dirs[:] = [d for d in dirs if d not in ignore_folders]
          for file in files:
            file_path = os.path.join(root, file)
            relative_path = os.path.relpath(file_path, directory)
            zipf.write(file_path, relative_path)
            # print(f"zip write: {file_path=}, {relative_path=}")
      print(f'Zipped {item_path} into {zip_filename}')

if __name__ == "__main__":
  zip_project_subfolders('/path/to/your/works')