Zips a directory while excluding .git, node_modules, and .gitingore

plugin-zipper.bat

::plugin-zipper.bat
::Zips a directory while excluding .git, node_modules, and .gitingore
@echo off
set /p slug=Please enter a directory name/plugin slug:
If /I "%slug%"=="" goto earlyexit
tar -a -c -f "%slug%".zip --exclude ".git" --exclude ".gitignore" --exclude "node_modules" "%slug%"
:earlyexit

plugin-zipper.sh

a Unix-like system equivalent

Puts version numbers in file names

A plugin with slug term-meta-ui will zip into a folder named term-meta-ui-v0.4.0.zip.

#!/usr/local/bin/bash
#
# plugin-zipper.sh
#
# a script that creates WordPress plugin zip files ready for distribution
# version 1.1.0
#

# perhaps a plugin directory name name was passed as the first argument
if [ -z "$1" ]
then
	# ask the user to type in a site name
	echo "Please enter a directory name/plugin slug:"
	read slug
else
	slug=$1
fi

# extract the version number from the plugin header comment by...
# - copying it to a WordPress installation
# - extract version number with wp-cli
# - delete the plugin copy

# remember the current directory.
dir=$(pwd)

# copy the plugin to a WordPress installation.
cp -r "${slug}" ~/sites/empty/wp-content/plugins
# extract the version number.
cd ~/sites/empty/
version_number="$(wp plugin get "${slug}" --field=version)"
wp plugin delete "${slug}" --quiet

# go back to the original directory.
cd "${dir}"

# zip the directory.
# do not include .git directories, node_modules directories, or .DS_Store files.
if [ -n "$version_number" ]; then
	# put the version number in the file name.
	# plugin-slug-v1.0.0.zip
    zip -r "${slug}-v${version_number}".zip "${slug}" -x "/${slug}/*.git*" -x "/${slug}/node_modules/*" -x "/${slug}/*.DS_Store"
else
	# no version number.
	# plugin-slug.zip
    zip -r "${slug}".zip "${slug}" -x "/${slug}/*.git*" -x "/${slug}/node_modules/*" -x "/${slug}/*.DS_Store"
fi

Usage

[~/]$ bash plugin-zipper.sh term-meta-ui

Using git archive could make this platform agnostic https://stackoverflow.com/a/28357990/338432