salesforce-metadata-api-zip-expects-root-paths-not-src-prefix

Salesforce Metadata API deployment zips require package.xml at the root and component files at paths like classes/MyClass.cls — no prefix. Using SFDX-convention src/ prefix (src/package.xml, src/classes/MyClass.cls) causes ‘No package.xml found’ error from the Metadata API. Remove the src/ prefix when building deploy packages.