diff --git a/make_zip.py b/make_zip.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+import os
+import sys
+import zipfile
+import subprocess
+from pathlib import Path
+
+
+def run_git_command(args, repo_path: Path) -> bytes:
+    result = subprocess.run(
+        ["git", *args],
+        cwd=repo_path,
+        stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
+        stderr=subprocess.PIPE,
+        check=True,
+    )
+    return result.stdout
+
+
+def get_files_to_archive(repo_path: Path) -> list[str]:
+    output = run_git_command(
+        ["ls-files", "--cached", "--others", "--exclude-standard", "-z"],
+        repo_path,
+    )
+    files = output.decode("utf-8", errors="surrogateescape").split("\0")
+    return [f for f in files if f]
+
+
+def make_zip(repo_path: Path, output_zip: Path) -> None:
+    files = get_files_to_archive(repo_path)
+
+    output_zip = output_zip.resolve()
+    if output_zip.exists():
+        output_zip.unlink()
+
+    with zipfile.ZipFile(output_zip, "w", compression=zipfile.ZIP_DEFLATED) as zf:
+        for rel_path in files:
+            abs_path = repo_path / rel_path
+
+            if not abs_path.exists():
+                continue
+
+            if abs_path.resolve() == output_zip:
+                continue
+
+            zf.write(abs_path, arcname=rel_path)
+
+    print(f"Created: {output_zip}")
+    print(f"Added files: {len(files)}")
+
+
+def main():
+    repo_path = Path.cwd()
+
+    if len(sys.argv) > 1:
+        output_zip = Path(sys.argv[1])
+    else:
+        output_zip = repo_path / f"{repo_path.name}.zip"
+
+    try:
+        run_git_command(["rev-parse", "--show-toplevel"], repo_path)
+    except subprocess.CalledProcessError:
+        print("Error: this directory is not a Git repository.", file=sys.stderr)
+        sys.exit(1)
+
+    make_zip(repo_path, output_zip)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()