build.xml

<project name="tcx-js" default="backup" basedir=".">

    <description>
        Ant script to create a zip file backup of this project.
        Chris Joakim, 2014/11/08
    </description>

    <!-- These are the only properties you should have to change.  -->
    <property name="_projectRoot"   value="/Users/cjoakim/github/" />
    <property name="_projectName"   value="tcx-js" />
    <property name="_backupRoot"    value="/Backups/projects/" />

    <!-- These properties are derived from the above. -->
    <property name="_projectDir"    value="${_projectRoot}${_projectName}" />
    <property name="_backupDir"     value="${_backupRoot}/${_projectName}" />

    <!-- ******************************************************************* -->

    <target name="echoProperties">
        <description>
            This step simply displays the properties defined above.
        </description>

        <echo message="Properties used in this script:" />
        <echo message="projectRoot... ${_projectRoot}" />
        <echo message="projectName... ${_projectName}" />
        <echo message="backupRoot.... ${_backupRoot}" />
        <echo message="projectDir.... ${_projectDir}" />
        <echo message="backupDir..... ${_backupDir}" />
    </target>

    <!-- ******************************************************************* -->

    <target name="backup" depends="echoProperties" >
        <description>
            Create the backup zip file.
        </description>

        <tstamp>
            <format property="_backupTstamp" pattern="yyyyMMdd_HHmm" />
        </tstamp>

        <property name="_zipFilename" value="${_backupDir}/${_projectName}-${_backupTstamp}.zip" />

        <mkdir dir="${_backupRoot}" />
        <mkdir dir="${_backupDir}" />

        <delete file="${_zipFilename}" />

        <zip zipfile="${_zipFilename}"
             basedir="${_projectDir}"
             excludes=".git/, .idea/, node_modules/, log/, tmp/, **/txt_merged.txt, **/*.gz, **/*.zip" />

        <echo message="done" />
    </target>

</project>