Compress files and exclude folders or files

compress_exclude.sh

# With ZIP. Include complete pattern to exclude
zip -9 -r -x"intranet/.git/*" \
          -x"intranet/app/logs/*" \
          -x"intranet/app/cache/*" \
          -x"intranet/.idea/*" \
          -x"intranet/files/*" \
          -x"intranet/web/compiled/*" \
          -x"intranet/vendor/*" \
          -x"intranet/web/assets/*" \
          intranet.zip \
          intranet/

# With TAR. Include partial pattern to exclude
tar -cjvf intranet.tar.bz2 \
    --exclude ".git/*" \
    --exclude "vendor/*" \
    --exclude "web/assets/*" \
    --exclude "app/logs/*" \
    --exclude "app/cache/*" \
    --exclude "web/compiled/*" \
    --exclude ".idea/*" \
    --exclude "files/*" \
    --exclude "web/uploads/*" \
    intranet