I'd like it better if Mac users stopped obnixiously including __MACOSX directories and files, which conflict when extracting, in their zip archives.

Blame Apple. The Finder does that when creating .zip archives.

In seriousness, I'll just leave this here:

http://www.chrisnovoa.com/os-x-lion-ds_store-disabling/

Or you could just do

    find -type d -exec touch {}/.DS_Store \;

Do real .ds_store files have this inside?

https://github.com/emre/macster/blob/master/macster/__main__...

The Apple logo inside the .DS_Store files is a Quantum apple – it disappears immediately when you try to look at it.

well, fake ones doesn't include that either.

He has one in the macster/ path but not in the root repo... I thought Finder put them everywhere...

There needs to be files named ._README.md, ._setup.py, and ._tests.py to complete the package.

Why would you want this if you are not on a Mac? The only point in the files is telling Finder how to lay out the folder's contents. Some people (like me) go out of the way to hide them.

The OP is making a joke.

As a windows user, I refer to these things as "mac turds" when I see them on network shares.

I want the T-shirt!

Bravo. I love seeing those files and the __MACOSX folder in zips. Especially when it's a (relatively) big open source project. I just chuckle, I've owned several Macs, they're a parasite.

He forgot to put .DS_Store files in his .gitignore.