fixes frontend getting resources from backend

src/backend/mod.rs

@@ -1,2 +1,47 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2026 Emma Tebibyte <emma@tebibyte.media>
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
+ *
+ * This file is part of Mintee.
+ *
+ * Mintee is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the
+ * terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by the Free
+ * Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option)
+ * any later version.
+ *
+ * Mintee is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY
+ * WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS
+ * FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Affero General Public License for more
+ * details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+ * along with Mintee. If not, see https://www.gnu.org/licenses/.
+ */
+
 pub mod git;
 pub mod render;
+
+const MINTEE_DIR: &str = "/var/mintee";
+const MINTEE_ASSETS: &str = "/usr/local/share/mintee";
+
+pub mod srv {
+	use std::{
+		error::Error,
+		fs::File,
+		io::{ BufReader, BufWriter, Write, copy },
+		path::Path,
+	};
+	use crate::backend::MINTEE_ASSETS;
+
+	pub fn get_res<T, W>(path: T, dest: &mut W) -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error>>
+	where T: AsRef<Path>, W: Write {
+		let path_absolute = Path::new(MINTEE_ASSETS).join("res").join(path);
+
+		let mut reader = BufReader::new(File::open(path_absolute)?);
+		let mut writer = BufWriter::new(dest);
+
+		copy(&mut reader, &mut writer)?;
+
+		Ok(())
+	}
+}

src/backend/render.rs

@@ -28,7 +28,11 @@ use std::{
 use gix::open;
 use tera::Tera;
 
-use crate::backend::git::ToContext;
+use crate::backend::{
+	MINTEE_DIR,
+	MINTEE_ASSETS,
+	git::ToContext,
+};
 
 #[derive(Debug, Clone)]
 /// A revision for which a repository page may be rendered
@@ -134,9 +138,8 @@ impl Page {
 	pub fn render<W: Write>(
 		&self, dest: &mut W
 	) -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error>> {
-		/* TODO: replace ./assets/ with the actual templates directory,
-		 * i.e. /usr/local/share/mintee/ */
-		let tera = Tera::new("./assets/templates/**/*")?;
+		let assets = format!("{}/templates/**/*", MINTEE_ASSETS);
+		let tera = Tera::new(&assets)?;
 		let mut page_template = self.kind.to_string();
 
 		use PageKind::*;
@@ -145,7 +148,11 @@ impl Page {
 				todo!()
 			},
 			Repo(r) => {
-				let repo = open(format!("{}/{}", r.entity, r.name))?;
+
+				let mut repo_path = PathBuf::from(MINTEE_DIR.to_string());
+				repo_path.push(r.entity);
+				repo_path.push(r.name);
+				let repo = open(repo_path)?;
 				/* TODO: handle specifying a commit, tag, or branch */
 				let head_tree = repo.head_tree()?;
 				let object;