building with mdbook as a library

.github/workflows/deploy.yml

@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@ jobs:
         # This assumes your book is in the root of your repository.
         # Just add a `cd` here if you need to change to another directory.
         # mdbook build
+        # the binary of the package builds the book!
+        docs
         git worktree add gh-pages
         git config user.name "Deploy from CI"
         git config user.email ""

Cargo.toml

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ publish = false
 
 # See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
 
-[build-dependencies]
+[dependencies]
 mdbook = "0.4.30"
 mdbook-bib = "0.0.5"
 mdbook-mermaid = "0.12.6"

src/build.rs

@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-// build.rs
-// following https://github.com/tchernobog/rfcs/blob/master/text/0000-cargo-run-deps.md
-use std::{env, process::Command};
-
-fn main() {
-    let cargo_path = env::var("CARGO").unwrap();
-    let mut mdbook = Command::new(cargo_path).args(&[
-        "run",
-        "--package",
-        "mdbook",
-        "--",
-        "build",
-    ]);
-
-    println!("Built book!")
-
-}

src/main.rs

@@ -1,5 +1,16 @@
 // dummy file
 
+use mdbook::MDBook;
+
 fn main() {
-	println!("This package does nothing! It's just for gathering deps to build the book!")
+	let root_dir = "./";
+	let mut md = MDBook::load(root_dir)
+    	.expect("Unable to load the book");
+	md.build().expect("Building failed");
+
+
+
+	// println!("This package does nothing! It's just for gathering deps to build the book!")
+
+
 }