wip: handle vite tooling manually

build.rs

@@ -1,8 +1,24 @@
+use std::fs;
+use std::path::Path;
+
 fn main() {
+    let out_dir = std::env::var("OUT_DIR").unwrap();
     // we only need to bundle the templates with the
     // feature is enabled.
-    #[cfg(feature = "bundled")]
+    #[cfg(not(debug_assertions))]
     {
-        minijinja_embed::embed_templates!("src/templates");
+        std::process::Command::new("bun")
+            .args(&["vite", "build", "--outDir", &out_dir])
+            .status()
+            .unwrap();
+        minijinja_embed::embed_templates!("frontend/templates");
+    }
+
+    #[cfg(debug_assertions)]
+    {
+        // dummy file to satisfy the compiler in dev builds
+        let dest_path = Path::new(&out_dir).join(".vite/manifest.json");
+        fs::create_dir_all(dest_path.parent().unwrap()).unwrap();
+        fs::write(&dest_path, "{}").unwrap();
     }
 }