Zip an entire directory

[Zedonboy]

Is there anyway i can zip a directory example "dist" directory?

[shnigi]

How can I include files that are not generated by webpack to the final zip file? I just want to zip my whole dist dir.

[fabiankaegy]

@shnigi were you able to find a solution for your problem? I'm also trying to do that. Thanks in advance

[rob2d]

Also would like to know here. Seems a very natural use-case for a zip plugin.

[m1guelpf]

Also interested

[StanLindsey]

You can zip a directory using the "includes" regex.

E.g include: [/dist\/.*/],

Unfortunately, it also includes the dist folder in the archive.

[AlonsoK28]

Its possible to compress a directory outside webpack dist?

For example

|- my_webpack_app <--- compress from here . |- dist . |- assets . |- js . |- css

[ouweiya]

Done using node.

npm i rimraf
install 7z (https://www.7-zip.org/)

zip.js

const rimraf = require('rimraf');
const exec = require('child_process').exec;
rimraf.sync('./zip/*');
exec(`7z.exe a ./zip/FileName.zip ./dist/*`);

npm

"scripts": {
  "zip": "node ./zip.js"
},