fix: make cargo publish work by pre-building frontend

Author: firstdorsal

tracing-web-console/Cargo.toml

@@ -9,6 +9,12 @@ readme = "../README.md"
 description = "A real-time web-based console for viewing and filtering tracing logs"
 keywords = ["tracing", "logging", "console", "dashboard", "web"]
 categories = ["development-tools::debugging", "development-tools::profiling", "web-programming"]
+include = [
+    "src/**/*",
+    "frontend/dist/**/*",
+    "build.rs",
+    "Cargo.toml",
+]
 
 [dependencies]
 # Workspace dependencies

tracing-web-console/build.rs

@@ -18,6 +18,15 @@ fn main() {
     // Recursively track all files in src directory
     track_directory("frontend/src");
 
+    // If dist already exists (e.g., during cargo publish), skip building
+    // This is necessary because cargo publish verifies the package in a temp directory
+    // and build scripts cannot modify the source directory
+    if dist_dir.exists() && dist_dir.join("index.html").exists() {
+        println!("cargo:warning=Frontend dist already exists, skipping build");
+        println!("cargo:rerun-if-changed=frontend/dist");
+        return;
+    }
+
     // Check if we should build the frontend
     if frontend_dir.exists() {
         println!("cargo:warning=Building frontend...");