Cloister solves the problem of manually having to add files not in your git ignore to a zip file.
Example
cloister zip somedirectory
# somedirectory.zip should now be in the current directory.
Usage
Zip non-git ignored files in a directory
Usage: cloister <COMMAND>
Commands:
zip Recursively adds all files in <directory> to <directory>.zip. Respects .gitignore files
help Print this message or the help of the given subcommand(s)
Options:
-h, --help Print help
-V, --version Print version