Zip a directory and get hash (useful for checking if contents have changed)

zip_and_hash.py

# http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1855095/how-to-create-a-zip-archive-of-a-directory
import os
import zipfile
import hashlib
import time

def zipdir(path, ziph):
    for root, dirs, files in os.walk(path):
        if '.git' not in root:
            for file in files:
                ziph.write(os.path.join(root, file))


t0 = time.time()

zipf = zipfile.ZipFile('pyrevitplustab.zip', 'w', zipfile.ZIP_DEFLATED)
zipdir('pyrevitplus.tab', zipf)
zipf.close()

file_hash =  hashlib.md5(open('pyrevitplustab.zip', 'rb').read()).hexdigest()

t1 = time.time()
total = t1-t0

print('Done in:' , total)
print('Hash:' , file_hash)