{"categories":[{"label":"Utilities","url":"https://skillfed.io/packages/category/utilities/10"},{"label":"Build Tools","url":"https://skillfed.io/packages/category/software-development-build-tools/5"},{"label":"Compression","url":"https://skillfed.io/packages/category/system-archiving-compression"},{"label":"Packaging","url":"https://skillfed.io/packages/category/system-archiving-packaging"}],"enrichment":{"capability":"Provides command-line tools to create zip files with arbitrary root folder names and compression methods, bundling files and directories from different filesystem locations.","skillfed_tags":["cli-tool","abandoned"],"use_cases":["Package Sphinx documentation builds as versioned zip archives during Python package releases","Bundle scattered report files and plots from different directories into a single email-ready archive","Create deployable zip files with custom root folder names for distribution","Exclude version control files and dotfiles from archives using command-line flags","Apply different compression methods to reduce archive size for specific use cases"],"what_it_does":"zip-files is a command-line utility package that wraps Python's zip functionality to make it easy to create zip archives with custom root folder names and compression options. It provides two main commands: `zip-files` to bundle individual files from multiple locations into a single archive, and `zip-folder` to compress an entire directory tree. The package depends only on click for CLI argument handling.\n\nThe tool is designed for common tasks like packaging documentation for release or assembling files from scattered locations for distribution. It supports multiple compression methods (stored, deflated, bzip2, lzma), glob-pattern exclusions, version control system filtering, and .gitignore processing. However, the package has been abandoned since 2021-04-21 with no maintenance or updates since then.","worth_installing":"No. While the package is lightweight and permissive-licensed, it has been abandoned since 2021-04-21 with no maintenance, no security updates, and no active development. For command-line zip creation, use Python's built-in zipfile module directly or consider actively maintained alternatives. The lack of maintenance poses a risk if bugs or compatibility issues arise."},"id":"zip-files","links":{"html":"https://skillfed.io/packages/zip-files","md":"https://skillfed.io/packages/zip-files.md","pypi":"https://pypi.org/project/zip-files/"},"maintenance":{"status":"abandoned"},"meta":{"latest_release":"2021-04-21","license_spdx":null,"license_treatment":"permissive","name":"zip-files","python_support":"supports_current","summary":"Command line utilities for creating zip files"},"popularity":{"monthly_downloads":98777,"position":13061,"tier":"top_15000"},"security":{"n_vulnerabilities":0},"version":"0.4.1"}