Easily zip your node project excluding node_modules and package-lock.json.
Directly run the script using npx.
npx zip-node-app path-to-project
Or install the zip-node-app package globally and run the zip-node-app command:
npm install -g zip-node-app
zip-node-app path-to-project
The zip file with name project-archived.zip will be created.
Use -o or --output option to give custom name to zip file
npx zip-node-app path-to-project -o out.zip
npx zip-node-app path-to-project --output out.zip
Use -f or --format option to give custom format to archived file. (default is zip).
npx zip-node-app path-to-project -f tar
npx zip-node-app path-to-project --format tar
Note: only ZIP and TAR format is supported.