zipsrc 1.0.0

"dnx zipsrc" command

Overview

"dnx zipsrc" is a .NET global tool that creates a zip archive from source files in your project, using .gitignore patterns to exclude artifacts, dependencies, and other non-source files.

System Requirements

.NET SDK Version 10.0 or later is required.

Usage

dnx zipsrc [options]

What gets zipped

• Recursively scans the specified directory (including subdirectories) and collects files to zip.
• Focuses on source code and other development-relevant files. Typical non-source artifacts are excluded (e.g., bin/, obj/ for .NET projects, node_modules/ for Node.js, and other build outputs, caches, or downloaded dependencies).
• .zip files are always excluded from the archive.

How ignore rules are applied

• Ignore rules are based on .gitignore patterns.
  • If the target directory contains a .gitignore, its rules are honored.
  • If there is no .gitignore at the target directory, the tool falls back to the default rules equivalent to those from dotnet new gitignore.
  • .gitignore files in subdirectories are also read and respected. Negation patterns (e.g., !pattern) are correctly handled.

Output file naming

• When -n|--name is specified:
  • If the provided name does not end with .zip, the .zip extension is automatically appended.
• When -n|--name is not specified, the output file name is decided as follows:
  1. If a .sln or .slnx file exists in the target directory, the base name of that solution file plus .zip is used.
  2. Otherwise, the target directory name plus .zip is used.
• If a file with the chosen name already exists, a numeric suffix like (2), (3), ... is appended to create a new non-conflicting name.

Examples

• Zip the current directory using defaults:

  dnx zipsrc
  

• Zip a specific directory:

  dnx zipsrc -d ./src/MyApp
  

• Specify an explicit output name (extension auto-appended if missing):

  dnx zipsrc -d ./src/MyApp -n ./artifacts/MyAppSource
  # => produces ./artifacts/MyAppSource.zip
  

Release Notes

See the Releases

License

• Mozilla Public License 2.0
• Third Party Notices is here