manual renumbering of template files

src/config.rs

@@ -187,10 +187,27 @@ pub fn default_show_toolbar() -> bool {
 /// Default cookiecutter template for **File ▸ New project…**.
 /// First tries the bundled template, then falls back to the user's Cookiecutters directory.
 pub fn default_project_template() -> PathBuf {
-    // Try the bundled template first
+    // Try the bundled template first (relative to the executable)
-    let bundled = PathBuf::from("templates/snowflake");
+    if let Ok(exe_path) = std::env::current_exe() {
-    if bundled.join("cookiecutter.json").is_file() {
+        // The templates are at the project root level, same as Cargo.toml
-        return bundled;
+        // binary is typically at target/release/md-manuscript or target/debug/md-manuscript
+        // So we need to go up from target/release (or target/debug) to the project root
+        // Then look for templates/snowflake there
+        let candidates = [
+            // Binary in target/release/ -> project root -> templates/snowflake
+            exe_path.parent().and_then(|p| p.parent()).and_then(|p| p.parent()).map(|p| p.join("templates/snowflake")),
+            // Binary in target/debug/ -> project root -> templates/snowflake
+            exe_path.parent().and_then(|p| p.parent()).map(|p| p.join("templates/snowflake")),
+            // Binary in project root (dev) -> templates/snowflake
+            exe_path.parent().map(|p| p.join("templates/snowflake")),
+            // Fallback: relative to current working directory
+            std::env::current_dir().ok().map(|p| p.join("templates/snowflake")),
+        ];
+        for candidate in candidates.into_iter().flatten() {
+            if candidate.join("cookiecutter.json").is_file() {
+                return candidate;
+            }
+        }
     }
     // Fallback to user's Cookiecutters directory
     dirs::home_dir()
@@ -573,4 +590,13 @@ mod tests {
         let cfg: Config = serde_json::from_str(saved).expect("must parse");
         assert_eq!(cfg.project_open_subdir, "05-Plot");
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn bundled_template_is_found_via_exe_path() {
+        let path = default_project_template();
+        // The function should find either the bundled template or the fallback
+        // Verify it returns a valid path that contains cookiecutter.json
+        assert!(path.join("cookiecutter.json").is_file(),
+            "Template path {} should contain cookiecutter.json", path.display());
+    }
 }