From 38210d3e9183a77dfe10e0d0f4a79d2999ce3cf7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Techatrix <19954306+Techatrix@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 4 Sep 2022 21:44:07 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] embedFile build_runner.zig in executable

---
 build.zig      | 2 --
 src/Config.zig | 5 +++++
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/build.zig b/build.zig
index 71aa15b..d796185 100644
--- a/build.zig
+++ b/build.zig
@@ -111,8 +111,6 @@ pub fn build(b: *std.build.Builder) !void {
     exe.setBuildMode(mode);
     exe.install();
 
-    b.installFile("src/special/build_runner.zig", "bin/build_runner.zig");
-
     const test_step = b.step("test", "Run all the tests");
     test_step.dependOn(b.getInstallStep());
 
diff --git a/src/Config.zig b/src/Config.zig
index 01558a1..5211ec1 100644
--- a/src/Config.zig
+++ b/src/Config.zig
@@ -206,6 +206,11 @@ pub fn configChanged(config: *Config, allocator: std.mem.Allocator, builtin_crea
         var exe_dir_bytes: [std.fs.MAX_PATH_BYTES]u8 = undefined;
         const exe_dir_path = try std.fs.selfExeDirPath(&exe_dir_bytes);
         config.build_runner_path = try std.fs.path.resolve(allocator, &[_][]const u8{ exe_dir_path, "build_runner.zig" });
+
+        const file = try std.fs.createFileAbsolute(config.build_runner_path.?, .{});
+        defer file.close();
+
+        try file.writeAll(@embedFile("special/build_runner.zig"));
     }
 
     if (null == config.global_cache_path) {