From c74a3857564dd875071b4ce52ee9bf343c8e2180 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: 魏曹先生 <1992414357@qq.com>
Date: Sun, 9 Aug 2026 14:45:38 +0800
Subject: chore: remove ZIP template packaging and use directories

Replace the ZIP-based template archive workflow with direct
directory copying. Delete the `package-mling-tmpls` tool and
remove the `zip` dependency.
---
 .github/workflows/ci.yml                   |   3 -
 .gitignore                                 |   3 -
 .run/Cargo.lock                            | 523 +------------------------
 .run/Cargo.toml                            |   2 -
 .run/src/bin/package-mling-tmpls.rs        | 177 ---------
 mingling_cli/Cargo.lock                    | 588 +----------------------------
 mingling_cli/Cargo.toml                    |   3 -
 mingling_cli/src/proj_mgr/cmd_proj_init.rs |  71 ++--
 8 files changed, 37 insertions(+), 1333 deletions(-)
 delete mode 100644 .run/src/bin/package-mling-tmpls.rs

diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 4dc56c5..0cec42b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -94,9 +94,6 @@ jobs:
       - name: Run cov-test
         run: cargo run --manifest-path .run/Cargo.toml --bin cov-test
 
-      - name: Package mling templates
-        run: cargo run --manifest-path .run/Cargo.toml --bin package-mling-tmpls
-
       - name: Delete .temp directory before deployment
         run: rm -rf .temp
 
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 67350b1..aeaee81 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -9,9 +9,6 @@ docs/api-docs/
 # Temp file for .run/src/bin/cov-test.rs
 docs/cov-test/
 
-# Mling Template Exports
-/templates/
-
 # Drafts
 __*.md
 __*/
diff --git a/.run/Cargo.lock b/.run/Cargo.lock
index 70021b9..3117d0b 100644
--- a/.run/Cargo.lock
+++ b/.run/Cargo.lock
@@ -8,26 +8,6 @@ version = "2.0.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "320119579fcad9c21884f5c4861d16174d0e06250625266f50fe6898340abefa"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "aes"
-version = "0.8.4"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b169f7a6d4742236a0a00c541b845991d0ac43e546831af1249753ab4c3aa3a0"
-dependencies = [
- "cfg-if",
- "cipher",
- "cpufeatures",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "arbitrary"
-version = "1.4.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "c3d036a3c4ab069c7b410a2ce876bd74808d2d0888a82667669f8e783a898bf1"
-dependencies = [
- "derive_arbitrary",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "arg-picker"
 version = "0.1.0"
@@ -46,7 +26,7 @@ checksum = "04fddbb5c1f26450cfc6aded0559b759b292d400dba1ff4e45128f3e0e1ffe6b"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.119",
+ "syn",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -55,74 +35,18 @@ version = "2.13.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "b588b76d00fde79687d7646a9b5bdf3cc0f655e0bbd080335a95d7e96f3587da"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "block-buffer"
-version = "0.10.4"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "3078c7629b62d3f0439517fa394996acacc5cbc91c5a20d8c658e77abd503a71"
-dependencies = [
- "generic-array",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "bumpalo"
 version = "3.20.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "72f5acc6cb2ba439de613abc23857ec3d78374d8ed5ac84e9d11336e87da8649"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "byteorder"
-version = "1.5.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "1fd0f2584146f6f2ef48085050886acf353beff7305ebd1ae69500e27c67f64b"
-
-[[package]]
-name = "bzip2"
-version = "0.5.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "49ecfb22d906f800d4fe833b6282cf4dc1c298f5057ca0b5445e5c209735ca47"
-dependencies = [
- "bzip2-sys",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "bzip2-sys"
-version = "0.1.13+1.0.8"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "225bff33b2141874fe80d71e07d6eec4f85c5c216453dd96388240f96e1acc14"
-dependencies = [
- "cc",
- "pkg-config",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "cc"
-version = "1.4.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "5d262e149917187838d5b42777c8253bcb64500067342904e7d429499a6f277e"
-dependencies = [
- "find-msvc-tools",
- "jobserver",
- "libc",
- "shlex",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "cfg-if"
 version = "1.0.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "9330f8b2ff13f34540b44e946ef35111825727b38d33286ef986142615121801"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "cipher"
-version = "0.4.4"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "773f3b9af64447d2ce9850330c473515014aa235e6a783b02db81ff39e4a3dad"
-dependencies = [
- "crypto-common",
- "inout",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "colored"
 version = "3.1.1"
@@ -144,36 +68,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-sys",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "constant_time_eq"
-version = "0.3.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "7c74b8349d32d297c9134b8c88677813a227df8f779daa29bfc29c183fe3dca6"
-
-[[package]]
-name = "cpufeatures"
-version = "0.2.17"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "59ed5838eebb26a2bb2e58f6d5b5316989ae9d08bab10e0e6d103e656d1b0280"
-dependencies = [
- "libc",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "crc"
-version = "3.4.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "5eb8a2a1cd12ab0d987a5d5e825195d372001a4094a0376319d5a0ad71c1ba0d"
-dependencies = [
- "crc-catalog",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "crc-catalog"
-version = "2.5.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "217698eaf96b4a3f0bc4f3662aaa55bdf913cd54d7204591faa790070c6d0853"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "crc32fast"
 version = "1.5.0"
@@ -183,67 +77,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "crossbeam-utils"
-version = "0.8.22"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "61803da095bee82a81bb1a452ecc25d3b2f1416d1897eb86430c6159ef717c17"
-
-[[package]]
-name = "crypto-common"
-version = "0.1.7"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "78c8292055d1c1df0cce5d180393dc8cce0abec0a7102adb6c7b1eef6016d60a"
-dependencies = [
- "generic-array",
- "typenum",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "deflate64"
-version = "0.1.12"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "ac6b926516df9c60bfa16e107b21086399f8285a44ca9711344b9e553c5146e2"
-
-[[package]]
-name = "deranged"
-version = "0.5.8"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "7cd812cc2bc1d69d4764bd80df88b4317eaef9e773c75226407d9bc0876b211c"
-
-[[package]]
-name = "derive_arbitrary"
-version = "1.4.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "1e567bd82dcff979e4b03460c307b3cdc9e96fde3d73bed1496d2bc75d9dd62a"
-dependencies = [
- "proc-macro2",
- "quote",
- "syn 2.0.119",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "digest"
-version = "0.10.7"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "9ed9a281f7bc9b7576e61468ba615a66a5c8cfdff42420a70aa82701a3b1e292"
-dependencies = [
- "block-buffer",
- "crypto-common",
- "subtle",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "displaydoc"
-version = "0.2.7"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "c6232dd377dcc64799954cbd3a9bb882e9cdc1308ccd87b1c098f1fb2eaf82a8"
-dependencies = [
- "proc-macro2",
- "quote",
- "syn 3.0.3",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "encode_unicode"
 version = "1.0.0"
@@ -276,12 +109,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "find-msvc-tools"
-version = "0.1.10"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "26b73573e6edcd2af0cdf47bd6cb58f0b3839491263c314eaad1ccf24430e1de"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "flate2"
 version = "1.1.9"
@@ -316,56 +143,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "slab",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "generic-array"
-version = "0.14.7"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "85649ca51fd72272d7821adaf274ad91c288277713d9c18820d8499a7ff69e9a"
-dependencies = [
- "typenum",
- "version_check",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "getrandom"
-version = "0.3.4"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "899def5c37c4fd7b2664648c28120ecec138e4d395b459e5ca34f9cce2dd77fd"
-dependencies = [
- "cfg-if",
- "js-sys",
- "libc",
- "r-efi 5.3.0",
- "wasip2",
- "wasm-bindgen",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "getrandom"
-version = "0.4.3"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "300e883d756b2e4ec94e02791f39b04b522276138852cfc41d9fb7e904106099"
-dependencies = [
- "cfg-if",
- "libc",
- "r-efi 6.0.0",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "hashbrown"
 version = "0.17.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "ed5909b6e89a2db4456e54cd5f673791d7eca6732202bbf2a9cc504fe2f9b84a"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "hmac"
-version = "0.12.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "6c49c37c09c17a53d937dfbb742eb3a961d65a994e6bcdcf37e7399d0cc8ab5e"
-dependencies = [
- "digest",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "indexmap"
 version = "2.14.0"
@@ -389,31 +172,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "web-time",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "inout"
-version = "0.1.4"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "879f10e63c20629ecabbb64a8010319738c66a5cd0c29b02d63d272b03751d01"
-dependencies = [
- "generic-array",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "itoa"
 version = "1.0.18"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "8f42a60cbdf9a97f5d2305f08a87dc4e09308d1276d28c869c684d7777685682"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "jobserver"
-version = "0.1.35"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "1c00acbd29eabad4a2392fa0e921c874934dbbf4194312ad20f04a0ed67a3cb3"
-dependencies = [
- "getrandom 0.4.3",
- "libc",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "js-sys"
 version = "0.3.102"
@@ -458,33 +222,6 @@ version = "0.12.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "32a66949e030da00e8c7d4434b251670a91556f4144941d37452769c25d58a53"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "log"
-version = "0.4.33"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "0ceec5bc11778974d1bcb055b18002eba7f4b3518b6a0081b3af5f21666da9ad"
-
-[[package]]
-name = "lzma-rs"
-version = "0.3.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "297e814c836ae64db86b36cf2a557ba54368d03f6afcd7d947c266692f71115e"
-dependencies = [
- "byteorder",
- "crc",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "lzma-sys"
-version = "0.1.20"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "5fda04ab3764e6cde78b9974eec4f779acaba7c4e84b36eca3cf77c581b85d27"
-dependencies = [
- "cc",
- "libc",
- "pkg-config",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "memchr"
 version = "2.8.0"
@@ -501,52 +238,24 @@ dependencies = [
  "simd-adler32",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "num-conv"
-version = "0.2.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "521739c6d2bac4aa25192232afe6841231376b2b26d4d9fae5ecf8ca5772e441"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "once_cell"
 version = "1.21.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "9f7c3e4beb33f85d45ae3e3a1792185706c8e16d043238c593331cc7cd313b50"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "pbkdf2"
-version = "0.12.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "f8ed6a7761f76e3b9f92dfb0a60a6a6477c61024b775147ff0973a02653abaf2"
-dependencies = [
- "digest",
- "hmac",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "pin-project-lite"
 version = "0.2.17"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "a89322df9ebe1c1578d689c92318e070967d1042b512afbe49518723f4e6d5cd"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "pkg-config"
-version = "0.3.33"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "19f132c84eca552bf34cab8ec81f1c1dcc229b811638f9d283dceabe58c5569e"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "portable-atomic"
 version = "1.13.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "c33a9471896f1c69cecef8d20cbe2f7accd12527ce60845ff44c153bb2a21b49"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "powerfmt"
-version = "0.2.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "439ee305def115ba05938db6eb1644ff94165c5ab5e9420d1c1bcedbba909391"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "proc-macro2"
 version = "1.0.106"
@@ -565,18 +274,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "r-efi"
-version = "5.3.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "69cdb34c158ceb288df11e18b4bd39de994f6657d83847bdffdbd7f346754b0f"
-
-[[package]]
-name = "r-efi"
-version = "6.0.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "f8dcc9c7d52a811697d2151c701e0d08956f92b0e24136cf4cf27b57a6a0d9bf"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "rustix"
 version = "1.1.4"
@@ -623,7 +320,7 @@ checksum = "d540f220d3187173da220f885ab66608367b6574e925011a9353e4badda91d79"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.119",
+ "syn",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -648,34 +345,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "sha1"
-version = "0.10.7"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "a978451301f4db1d02937a4ab3ccce137717b81826e79b7d49ffe3244a13c3b8"
-dependencies = [
- "cfg-if",
- "cpufeatures",
- "digest",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "sha2"
-version = "0.10.9"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "a7507d819769d01a365ab707794a4084392c824f54a7a6a7862f8c3d0892b283"
-dependencies = [
- "cfg-if",
- "cpufeatures",
- "digest",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "shlex"
-version = "2.0.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "f8fadd59c855ef2080decdef8ff161eb6661b86933c9d82e5ba29dc602a55aba"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "simd-adler32"
 version = "0.3.10"
@@ -688,12 +357,6 @@ version = "0.4.12"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "0c790de23124f9ab44544d7ac05d60440adc586479ce501c1d6d7da3cd8c9cf5"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "subtle"
-version = "2.6.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "13c2bddecc57b384dee18652358fb23172facb8a2c51ccc10d74c157bdea3292"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "syn"
 version = "2.0.119"
@@ -705,17 +368,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "unicode-ident",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "syn"
-version = "3.0.3"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "53e9bae58849f64dfa4f5d5ae372c8341f7305f82a3868709269343628b659a3"
-dependencies = [
- "proc-macro2",
- "quote",
- "unicode-ident",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "tar"
 version = "0.4.46"
@@ -727,45 +379,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "xattr",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "thiserror"
-version = "2.0.20"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "ec86235f5fcc2a73650310756d2ac5b138a5780bbbdfae3eeccec992c435ba4f"
-dependencies = [
- "thiserror-impl",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "thiserror-impl"
-version = "2.0.20"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "bc04cd3e1236dd4a98afca4569f2deb3f120e5422a4023be2cb683f8486292af"
-dependencies = [
- "proc-macro2",
- "quote",
- "syn 3.0.3",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "time"
-version = "0.3.55"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "cdb87b95ec50ddfa440816d227a17b2ccbdda963a316a727fda0fc4334f7d134"
-dependencies = [
- "deranged",
- "num-conv",
- "powerfmt",
- "serde_core",
- "time-core",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "time-core"
-version = "0.1.9"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "9e1c906769ad99c88eaa54e728060edef082f8e358ff32030cb7c7d315e81109"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "tokio"
 version = "1.52.3"
@@ -784,7 +397,7 @@ checksum = "385a6cb71ab9ab790c5fe8d67f1645e6c450a7ce006a33de03daa956cf70a496"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.119",
+ "syn",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -840,19 +453,11 @@ dependencies = [
  "just_template",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
- "sha2",
  "tar",
  "tokio",
  "toml",
- "zip",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "typenum"
-version = "1.20.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b6f5e870be6c3b371b77fe0ee0bafb859fa4964b4404c27de1d380043c4dda20"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "unicode-ident"
 version = "1.0.24"
@@ -871,21 +476,6 @@ version = "0.5.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "81e544489bf3d8ef66c953931f56617f423cd4b5494be343d9b9d3dda037b9a3"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "version_check"
-version = "0.9.5"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "0b928f33d975fc6ad9f86c8f283853ad26bdd5b10b7f1542aa2fa15e2289105a"
-
-[[package]]
-name = "wasip2"
-version = "1.0.4+wasi-0.2.12"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b67efb37e106e55ce722a510d6b5f9c17f083e5fc79afc2badeb12cc313d9487"
-dependencies = [
- "wit-bindgen",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "wasm-bindgen"
 version = "0.2.125"
@@ -918,7 +508,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "bumpalo",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.119",
+ "syn",
  "wasm-bindgen-shared",
 ]
 
@@ -965,12 +555,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "memchr",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "wit-bindgen"
-version = "0.57.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "1ebf944e87a7c253233ad6766e082e3cd714b5d03812acc24c318f549614536e"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "xattr"
 version = "1.6.1"
@@ -981,107 +565,8 @@ dependencies = [
  "rustix",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "xz2"
-version = "0.1.7"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "388c44dc09d76f1536602ead6d325eb532f5c122f17782bd57fb47baeeb767e2"
-dependencies = [
- "lzma-sys",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "zeroize"
-version = "1.9.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "e13c156562582aa81c60cb29407084cdb54c4164760106ab78e6c5b0858cf64e"
-dependencies = [
- "zeroize_derive",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "zeroize_derive"
-version = "1.5.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "3c50655cbb0fe3fc43170059e702f1ce5e19b84cec58dc87b037a09935c2f328"
-dependencies = [
- "proc-macro2",
- "quote",
- "syn 2.0.119",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "zip"
-version = "2.4.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "fabe6324e908f85a1c52063ce7aa26b68dcb7eb6dbc83a2d148403c9bc3eba50"
-dependencies = [
- "aes",
- "arbitrary",
- "bzip2",
- "constant_time_eq",
- "crc32fast",
- "crossbeam-utils",
- "deflate64",
- "displaydoc",
- "flate2",
- "getrandom 0.3.4",
- "hmac",
- "indexmap",
- "lzma-rs",
- "memchr",
- "pbkdf2",
- "sha1",
- "thiserror",
- "time",
- "xz2",
- "zeroize",
- "zopfli",
- "zstd",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "zmij"
 version = "1.0.21"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "b8848ee67ecc8aedbaf3e4122217aff892639231befc6a1b58d29fff4c2cabaa"
-
-[[package]]
-name = "zopfli"
-version = "0.8.3"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "f05cd8797d63865425ff89b5c4a48804f35ba0ce8d125800027ad6017d2b5249"
-dependencies = [
- "bumpalo",
- "crc32fast",
- "log",
- "simd-adler32",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "zstd"
-version = "0.13.3"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "e91ee311a569c327171651566e07972200e76fcfe2242a4fa446149a3881c08a"
-dependencies = [
- "zstd-safe",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "zstd-safe"
-version = "7.2.4"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "8f49c4d5f0abb602a93fb8736af2a4f4dd9512e36f7f570d66e65ff867ed3b9d"
-dependencies = [
- "zstd-sys",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "zstd-sys"
-version = "2.0.16+zstd.1.5.7"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "91e19ebc2adc8f83e43039e79776e3fda8ca919132d68a1fed6a5faca2683748"
-dependencies = [
- "cc",
- "pkg-config",
-]
diff --git a/.run/Cargo.toml b/.run/Cargo.toml
index 9f5e0a4..4935f2d 100644
--- a/.run/Cargo.toml
+++ b/.run/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,8 +21,6 @@ tokio = { version = "1", features = ["rt-multi-thread", "macros"] }
 indicatif = "0.18.4"
 flate2 = "1"
 tar = "0.4"
-sha2 = "0.10"
-zip = "2"
 arg-picker = "0.1.0"
 
 [workspace]
diff --git a/.run/src/bin/package-mling-tmpls.rs b/.run/src/bin/package-mling-tmpls.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index 84bcc16..0000000
--- a/.run/src/bin/package-mling-tmpls.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,177 +0,0 @@
-//! Package the versioned mingling project templates under
-//! `mingling_cli/tmpls/mingling_tmpl/` into per-version ZIP archives
-//! (e.g. `mingling-tmpl-0.4.zip`) plus SHA-256 checksum files
-//! (e.g. `mingling_tmpl-0.4.sha256`), written into `templates/`.
-
-use std::fs::File;
-use std::io::Read;
-use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
-
-use sha2::{Digest, Sha256};
-use tools::{dependency_order::find_workspace_root, eprintln_cargo_style, println_cargo_style};
-use zip::write::SimpleFileOptions;
-use zip::CompressionMethod;
-
-fn main() {
-    // 1. Determine the workspace root
-    let cwd = std::env::current_dir().expect("failed to get current working directory");
-    let workspace_root = find_workspace_root(&cwd).expect("not inside a Cargo workspace");
-    println_cargo_style!("Workspace: {}", workspace_root.display());
-
-    // 2. Locate the versioned template directories
-    let tmpls_root = workspace_root.join("mingling_cli/tmpls/mingling_tmpl");
-    if !tmpls_root.is_dir() {
-        eprintln_cargo_style!(format!(
-            "template root not found: {}",
-            tmpls_root.display()
-        ));
-        std::process::exit(1);
-    }
-
-    let mut versions: Vec<String> = Vec::new();
-    for entry in std::fs::read_dir(&tmpls_root).expect("failed to read template root") {
-        let entry = entry.expect("failed to read template root entry");
-        let name = entry.file_name().to_string_lossy().to_string();
-        if entry.path().is_dir() && is_version(&name) {
-            versions.push(name);
-        }
-    }
-
-    if versions.is_empty() {
-        eprintln_cargo_style!("no versioned template directories found");
-        std::process::exit(1);
-    }
-
-    versions.sort_by(|a, b| cmp_versions(a, b));
-    for v in &versions {
-        println_cargo_style!("Template: {} ({})", v, tmpls_root.join(v).display());
-    }
-
-    // 3. Prepare the output directory
-    let out_dir = workspace_root.join("templates");
-    println_cargo_style!("Clean: templates/");
-    let _ = std::fs::remove_dir_all(&out_dir);
-    std::fs::create_dir_all(&out_dir).expect("failed to create templates/");
-
-    // 4. Package each version: ZIP + SHA-256
-    let mut failed = false;
-    for version in &versions {
-        let src_dir = tmpls_root.join(version);
-        let zip_name = format!("mingling-tmpl-{version}.zip");
-        let sha_name = format!("mingling_tmpl-{version}.sha256");
-        let zip_path = out_dir.join(&zip_name);
-        let sha_path = out_dir.join(&sha_name);
-
-        println_cargo_style!("Package: {}", zip_name);
-        if let Err(e) = package_template(&src_dir, &zip_path) {
-            eprintln_cargo_style!(format!("failed to package {}: {e}", zip_name));
-            failed = true;
-            continue;
-        }
-
-        let digest = sha256_of_file(&zip_path).unwrap_or_else(|e| {
-            eprintln_cargo_style!(format!("failed to hash {}: {e}", zip_path.display()));
-            std::process::exit(1);
-        });
-
-        // sha256sum-compatible line: "<hex>  <zip file name>"
-        let checksum_line = format!("{digest}  {zip_name}\n");
-        std::fs::write(&sha_path, checksum_line)
-            .unwrap_or_else(|e| panic!("failed to write {}: {e}", sha_path.display()));
-        println_cargo_style!("Checksum: {}  {}", digest, sha_name);
-    }
-
-    if failed {
-        eprintln_cargo_style!("one or more templates failed to package");
-        std::process::exit(1);
-    }
-
-    println_cargo_style!("Done: templates/ is ready");
-}
-
-/// Version directory names look like `0.4`, `0.3`, `1.2.3`, ...
-fn is_version(name: &str) -> bool {
-    !name.is_empty()
-        && name
-            .split('.')
-            .all(|part| !part.is_empty() && part.chars().all(|c| c.is_ascii_digit()))
-}
-
-/// Compare two version strings numerically, component by component.
-fn cmp_versions(a: &str, b: &str) -> std::cmp::Ordering {
-    let a_parts: Vec<u64> = a.split('.').filter_map(|p| p.parse().ok()).collect();
-    let b_parts: Vec<u64> = b.split('.').filter_map(|p| p.parse().ok()).collect();
-    for (x, y) in a_parts.iter().zip(b_parts.iter()) {
-        match x.cmp(y) {
-            std::cmp::Ordering::Equal => continue,
-            ord => return ord,
-        }
-    }
-    a_parts.len().cmp(&b_parts.len())
-}
-
-/// Recursively ZIP the *contents* of `src_dir` (files at the archive root)
-/// into `dest_zip`, preserving the relative directory structure.
-fn package_template(src_dir: &Path, dest_zip: &Path) -> Result<(), zip::result::ZipError> {
-    let file = File::create(dest_zip).map_err(zip::result::ZipError::Io)?;
-    let mut writer = zip::ZipWriter::new(file);
-    let options = SimpleFileOptions::default().compression_method(CompressionMethod::Deflated);
-
-    // Collect entries first so the archive is written in a deterministic order.
-    let mut entries: Vec<PathBuf> = Vec::new();
-    collect_entries(src_dir, src_dir, &mut entries).map_err(zip::result::ZipError::Io)?;
-    entries.sort();
-
-    for rel_path in &entries {
-        let full_path = src_dir.join(rel_path);
-        // ZIP archives always use `/` as the path separator.
-        let name = rel_path.to_string_lossy().replace('\\', "/");
-        if full_path.is_dir() {
-            writer.add_directory(name, options)?;
-        } else {
-            writer.start_file(name, options)?;
-            let mut file = File::open(&full_path).map_err(zip::result::ZipError::Io)?;
-            std::io::copy(&mut file, &mut writer).map_err(zip::result::ZipError::Io)?;
-        }
-    }
-
-    writer.finish().map(|_| ())
-}
-
-/// Recursively collect all relative paths (files and directories) under `dir`.
-fn collect_entries(root: &Path, dir: &Path, out: &mut Vec<PathBuf>) -> std::io::Result<()> {
-    let mut children: Vec<PathBuf> = std::fs::read_dir(dir)?
-        .map(|e| e.map(|e| e.path()))
-        .collect::<std::io::Result<Vec<_>>>()?;
-    children.sort();
-
-    for child in children {
-        let rel = child
-            .strip_prefix(root)
-            .expect("collected entry is inside root")
-            .to_path_buf();
-        if child.is_dir() {
-            out.push(rel);
-            collect_entries(root, &child, out)?;
-        } else {
-            out.push(rel);
-        }
-    }
-    Ok(())
-}
-
-/// Compute the lowercase hex SHA-256 digest of a file.
-fn sha256_of_file(path: &Path) -> std::io::Result<String> {
-    let mut file = File::open(path)?;
-    let mut hasher = Sha256::new();
-    let mut buf = [0u8; 64 * 1024];
-    loop {
-        let n = file.read(&mut buf)?;
-        if n == 0 {
-            break;
-        }
-        hasher.update(&buf[..n]);
-    }
-    let digest = hasher.finalize();
-    Ok(digest.iter().map(|b| format!("{b:02x}")).collect())
-}
diff --git a/mingling_cli/Cargo.lock b/mingling_cli/Cargo.lock
index 85f41bc..5cde631 100644
--- a/mingling_cli/Cargo.lock
+++ b/mingling_cli/Cargo.lock
@@ -2,23 +2,6 @@
 # It is not intended for manual editing.
 version = 4
 
-[[package]]
-name = "adler2"
-version = "2.0.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "320119579fcad9c21884f5c4861d16174d0e06250625266f50fe6898340abefa"
-
-[[package]]
-name = "aes"
-version = "0.8.4"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b169f7a6d4742236a0a00c541b845991d0ac43e546831af1249753ab4c3aa3a0"
-dependencies = [
- "cfg-if",
- "cipher",
- "cpufeatures",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "annotate-snippets"
 version = "0.12.16"
@@ -36,15 +19,6 @@ version = "1.0.14"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "940b3a0ca603d1eade50a4846a2afffd5ef57a9feac2c0e2ec2e14f9ead76000"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "arbitrary"
-version = "1.4.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "c3d036a3c4ab069c7b410a2ce876bd74808d2d0888a82667669f8e783a898bf1"
-dependencies = [
- "derive_arbitrary",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "arg-picker"
 version = "0.1.1"
@@ -68,52 +42,12 @@ version = "2.13.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "b588b76d00fde79687d7646a9b5bdf3cc0f655e0bbd080335a95d7e96f3587da"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "block-buffer"
-version = "0.10.4"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "3078c7629b62d3f0439517fa394996acacc5cbc91c5a20d8c658e77abd503a71"
-dependencies = [
- "generic-array",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "bumpalo"
-version = "3.20.3"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "72f5acc6cb2ba439de613abc23857ec3d78374d8ed5ac84e9d11336e87da8649"
-
-[[package]]
-name = "byteorder"
-version = "1.5.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "1fd0f2584146f6f2ef48085050886acf353beff7305ebd1ae69500e27c67f64b"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "bytes"
 version = "1.12.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "fc652a48c352aef3ea3aed32080501cf3ef6ed5da78602a020c991775b0aff04"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "bzip2"
-version = "0.5.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "49ecfb22d906f800d4fe833b6282cf4dc1c298f5057ca0b5445e5c209735ca47"
-dependencies = [
- "bzip2-sys",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "bzip2-sys"
-version = "0.1.13+1.0.8"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "225bff33b2141874fe80d71e07d6eec4f85c5c216453dd96388240f96e1acc14"
-dependencies = [
- "cc",
- "pkg-config",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "camino"
 version = "1.2.4"
@@ -148,34 +82,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "thiserror",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "cc"
-version = "1.4.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "5d262e149917187838d5b42777c8253bcb64500067342904e7d429499a6f277e"
-dependencies = [
- "find-msvc-tools",
- "jobserver",
- "libc",
- "shlex",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "cfg-if"
 version = "1.0.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "9330f8b2ff13f34540b44e946ef35111825727b38d33286ef986142615121801"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "cipher"
-version = "0.4.4"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "773f3b9af64447d2ce9850330c473515014aa235e6a783b02db81ff39e4a3dad"
-dependencies = [
- "crypto-common",
- "inout",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "colored"
 version = "3.1.1"
@@ -185,61 +97,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-sys",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "constant_time_eq"
-version = "0.3.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "7c74b8349d32d297c9134b8c88677813a227df8f779daa29bfc29c183fe3dca6"
-
-[[package]]
-name = "cpufeatures"
-version = "0.2.17"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "59ed5838eebb26a2bb2e58f6d5b5316989ae9d08bab10e0e6d103e656d1b0280"
-dependencies = [
- "libc",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "crc"
-version = "3.4.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "5eb8a2a1cd12ab0d987a5d5e825195d372001a4094a0376319d5a0ad71c1ba0d"
-dependencies = [
- "crc-catalog",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "crc-catalog"
-version = "2.5.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "217698eaf96b4a3f0bc4f3662aaa55bdf913cd54d7204591faa790070c6d0853"
-
-[[package]]
-name = "crc32fast"
-version = "1.5.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "9481c1c90cbf2ac953f07c8d4a58aa3945c425b7185c9154d67a65e4230da511"
-dependencies = [
- "cfg-if",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "crossbeam-utils"
-version = "0.8.22"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "61803da095bee82a81bb1a452ecc25d3b2f1416d1897eb86430c6159ef717c17"
-
-[[package]]
-name = "crypto-common"
-version = "0.1.7"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "78c8292055d1c1df0cce5d180393dc8cce0abec0a7102adb6c7b1eef6016d60a"
-dependencies = [
- "generic-array",
- "typenum",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "darling"
 version = "0.20.11"
@@ -275,29 +132,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn 2.0.119",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "deflate64"
-version = "0.1.12"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "ac6b926516df9c60bfa16e107b21086399f8285a44ca9711344b9e553c5146e2"
-
-[[package]]
-name = "deranged"
-version = "0.5.8"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "7cd812cc2bc1d69d4764bd80df88b4317eaef9e773c75226407d9bc0876b211c"
-
-[[package]]
-name = "derive_arbitrary"
-version = "1.4.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "1e567bd82dcff979e4b03460c307b3cdc9e96fde3d73bed1496d2bc75d9dd62a"
-dependencies = [
- "proc-macro2",
- "quote",
- "syn 2.0.119",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "derive_builder"
 version = "0.20.2"
@@ -329,17 +163,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn 2.0.119",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "digest"
-version = "0.10.7"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "9ed9a281f7bc9b7576e61468ba615a66a5c8cfdff42420a70aa82701a3b1e292"
-dependencies = [
- "block-buffer",
- "crypto-common",
- "subtle",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "dirs"
 version = "6.0.0"
@@ -361,17 +184,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-sys",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "displaydoc"
-version = "0.2.7"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "c6232dd377dcc64799954cbd3a9bb882e9cdc1308ccd87b1c098f1fb2eaf82a8"
-dependencies = [
- "proc-macro2",
- "quote",
- "syn 3.0.2",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "equivalent"
 version = "1.0.2"
@@ -388,38 +200,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-sys",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "find-msvc-tools"
-version = "0.1.10"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "26b73573e6edcd2af0cdf47bd6cb58f0b3839491263c314eaad1ccf24430e1de"
-
-[[package]]
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- "miniz_oxide",
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-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "85649ca51fd72272d7821adaf274ad91c288277713d9c18820d8499a7ff69e9a"
-dependencies = [
- "typenum",
- "version_check",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "getrandom"
 version = "0.2.17"
@@ -431,46 +217,12 @@ dependencies = [
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 ]
 
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-name = "getrandom"
-version = "0.3.4"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "899def5c37c4fd7b2664648c28120ecec138e4d395b459e5ca34f9cce2dd77fd"
-dependencies = [
- "cfg-if",
- "js-sys",
- "libc",
- "r-efi 5.3.0",
- "wasip2",
- "wasm-bindgen",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "getrandom"
-version = "0.4.3"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "300e883d756b2e4ec94e02791f39b04b522276138852cfc41d9fb7e904106099"
-dependencies = [
- "cfg-if",
- "libc",
- "r-efi 6.0.0",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "hashbrown"
 version = "0.17.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "ed5909b6e89a2db4456e54cd5f673791d7eca6732202bbf2a9cc504fe2f9b84a"
 
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-name = "hmac"
-version = "0.12.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "6c49c37c09c17a53d937dfbb742eb3a961d65a994e6bcdcf37e7399d0cc8ab5e"
-dependencies = [
- "digest",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "ident_case"
 version = "1.0.1"
@@ -487,41 +239,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "hashbrown",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "inout"
-version = "0.1.4"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "879f10e63c20629ecabbb64a8010319738c66a5cd0c29b02d63d272b03751d01"
-dependencies = [
- "generic-array",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "itoa"
 version = "1.0.18"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "8f42a60cbdf9a97f5d2305f08a87dc4e09308d1276d28c869c684d7777685682"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "jobserver"
-version = "0.1.35"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "1c00acbd29eabad4a2392fa0e921c874934dbbf4194312ad20f04a0ed67a3cb3"
-dependencies = [
- "getrandom 0.4.3",
- "libc",
-]
-
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-name = "js-sys"
-version = "0.3.104"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "0e0c1080212aad755ea003d18543e8768dd432c48819efd73a7bf1e39b7a5a3a"
-dependencies = [
- "cfg-if",
- "wasm-bindgen",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "just_fmt"
 version = "0.1.2"
@@ -579,33 +302,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "scopeguard",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "log"
-version = "0.4.33"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "0ceec5bc11778974d1bcb055b18002eba7f4b3518b6a0081b3af5f21666da9ad"
-
-[[package]]
-name = "lzma-rs"
-version = "0.3.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "297e814c836ae64db86b36cf2a557ba54368d03f6afcd7d947c266692f71115e"
-dependencies = [
- "byteorder",
- "crc",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "lzma-sys"
-version = "0.1.20"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "5fda04ab3764e6cde78b9974eec4f779acaba7c4e84b36eca3cf77c581b85d27"
-dependencies = [
- "cc",
- "libc",
- "pkg-config",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "memchr"
 version = "2.8.3"
@@ -651,7 +347,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn 3.0.2",
  "tokio",
  "toml_edit 0.25.13+spec-1.1.0",
- "zip",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -683,16 +378,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn 2.0.119",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "miniz_oxide"
-version = "0.8.9"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "1fa76a2c86f704bdb222d66965fb3d63269ce38518b83cb0575fca855ebb6316"
-dependencies = [
- "adler2",
- "simd-adler32",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "mio"
 version = "1.2.2"
@@ -704,18 +389,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-sys",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "num-conv"
-version = "0.2.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "521739c6d2bac4aa25192232afe6841231376b2b26d4d9fae5ecf8ca5772e441"
-
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-version = "1.21.4"
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-checksum = "9f7c3e4beb33f85d45ae3e3a1792185706c8e16d043238c593331cc7cd313b50"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "option-ext"
 version = "0.2.0"
@@ -745,34 +418,12 @@ dependencies = [
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 ]
 
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-name = "pbkdf2"
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-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "f8ed6a7761f76e3b9f92dfb0a60a6a6477c61024b775147ff0973a02653abaf2"
-dependencies = [
- "digest",
- "hmac",
-]
-
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 name = "pin-project-lite"
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 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "a89322df9ebe1c1578d689c92318e070967d1042b512afbe49518723f4e6d5cd"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "pkg-config"
-version = "0.3.33"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "19f132c84eca552bf34cab8ec81f1c1dcc229b811638f9d283dceabe58c5569e"
-
-[[package]]
-name = "powerfmt"
-version = "0.2.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "439ee305def115ba05938db6eb1644ff94165c5ab5e9420d1c1bcedbba909391"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "proc-macro2"
 version = "1.0.107"
@@ -791,18 +442,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "r-efi"
-version = "5.3.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "69cdb34c158ceb288df11e18b4bd39de994f6657d83847bdffdbd7f346754b0f"
-
-[[package]]
-name = "r-efi"
-version = "6.0.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "f8dcc9c7d52a811697d2151c701e0d08956f92b0e24136cf4cf27b57a6a0d9bf"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "redox_syscall"
 version = "0.5.18"
@@ -818,17 +457,11 @@ version = "0.5.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "a4e608c6638b9c18977b00b475ac1f28d14e84b27d8d42f70e0bf1e3dec127ac"
 dependencies = [
- "getrandom 0.2.17",
+ "getrandom",
  "libredox",
  "thiserror",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "rustversion"
-version = "1.0.23"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "cf54715a573b99ac80df0bc206da022bcd442c974952c7b9720069370852e21f"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "scopeguard"
 version = "1.2.0"
@@ -897,23 +530,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "sha1"
-version = "0.10.7"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "a978451301f4db1d02937a4ab3ccce137717b81826e79b7d49ffe3244a13c3b8"
-dependencies = [
- "cfg-if",
- "cpufeatures",
- "digest",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "shlex"
-version = "2.0.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "f8fadd59c855ef2080decdef8ff161eb6661b86933c9d82e5ba29dc602a55aba"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "signal-hook-registry"
 version = "1.4.8"
@@ -924,12 +540,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "simd-adler32"
-version = "0.3.10"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "3a219298ac11a56ea9a6d2120044824d6f01aeb034955e7af7bc16858527deea"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "smallvec"
 version = "1.15.2"
@@ -952,12 +562,6 @@ version = "0.11.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "7da8b5736845d9f2fcb837ea5d9e2628564b3b043a70948a3f0b778838c5fb4f"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "subtle"
-version = "2.6.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "13c2bddecc57b384dee18652358fb23172facb8a2c51ccc10d74c157bdea3292"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "syn"
 version = "2.0.119"
@@ -1000,25 +604,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn 3.0.2",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "time"
-version = "0.3.55"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "cdb87b95ec50ddfa440816d227a17b2ccbdda963a316a727fda0fc4334f7d134"
-dependencies = [
- "deranged",
- "num-conv",
- "powerfmt",
- "serde_core",
- "time-core",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "time-core"
-version = "0.1.9"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "9e1c906769ad99c88eaa54e728060edef082f8e358ff32030cb7c7d315e81109"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "tokio"
 version = "1.53.1"
@@ -1125,12 +710,6 @@ version = "1.1.2+spec-1.1.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "7d56353a2a665ad0f41a421187180aab746c8c325620617ad883a99a1cbe66d2"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "typenum"
-version = "1.20.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b6f5e870be6c3b371b77fe0ee0bafb859fa4964b4404c27de1d380043c4dda20"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "unicode-ident"
 version = "1.0.24"
@@ -1143,72 +722,12 @@ version = "0.2.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "b4ac048d71ede7ee76d585517add45da530660ef4390e49b098733c6e897f254"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "version_check"
-version = "0.9.5"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "0b928f33d975fc6ad9f86c8f283853ad26bdd5b10b7f1542aa2fa15e2289105a"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "wasi"
 version = "0.11.1+wasi-snapshot-preview1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "ccf3ec651a847eb01de73ccad15eb7d99f80485de043efb2f370cd654f4ea44b"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "wasip2"
-version = "1.0.4+wasi-0.2.12"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b67efb37e106e55ce722a510d6b5f9c17f083e5fc79afc2badeb12cc313d9487"
-dependencies = [
- "wit-bindgen",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "wasm-bindgen"
-version = "0.2.127"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "1b70935747edd64d89de3efa29d73789b806c15798f8e7dca4d8ac356b50ce70"
-dependencies = [
- "cfg-if",
- "once_cell",
- "rustversion",
- "wasm-bindgen-macro",
- "wasm-bindgen-shared",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "wasm-bindgen-macro"
-version = "0.2.127"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "77775f8f3f7217702089053b94958f8f54061a3f663417df76e19cbdcca29bc1"
-dependencies = [
- "quote",
- "wasm-bindgen-macro-support",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "wasm-bindgen-macro-support"
-version = "0.2.127"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "e11d33f857dc2fb11b8bc75aee111aa9cbeb12cd9f25efd3d4c2a3dd4e235284"
-dependencies = [
- "bumpalo",
- "proc-macro2",
- "quote",
- "syn 2.0.119",
- "wasm-bindgen-shared",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "wasm-bindgen-shared"
-version = "0.2.127"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "7ef64dbcc55df09c7e5a46182d181c2cfa3e925f3da937ea764728b4bbb9dcbf"
-dependencies = [
- "unicode-ident",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "windows-link"
 version = "0.2.1"
@@ -1242,113 +761,8 @@ dependencies = [
  "memchr",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "wit-bindgen"
-version = "0.57.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "1ebf944e87a7c253233ad6766e082e3cd714b5d03812acc24c318f549614536e"
-
-[[package]]
-name = "xz2"
-version = "0.1.7"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "388c44dc09d76f1536602ead6d325eb532f5c122f17782bd57fb47baeeb767e2"
-dependencies = [
- "lzma-sys",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "zeroize"
-version = "1.9.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "e13c156562582aa81c60cb29407084cdb54c4164760106ab78e6c5b0858cf64e"
-dependencies = [
- "zeroize_derive",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "zeroize_derive"
-version = "1.5.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "3c50655cbb0fe3fc43170059e702f1ce5e19b84cec58dc87b037a09935c2f328"
-dependencies = [
- "proc-macro2",
- "quote",
- "syn 2.0.119",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "zip"
-version = "2.4.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "fabe6324e908f85a1c52063ce7aa26b68dcb7eb6dbc83a2d148403c9bc3eba50"
-dependencies = [
- "aes",
- "arbitrary",
- "bzip2",
- "constant_time_eq",
- "crc32fast",
- "crossbeam-utils",
- "deflate64",
- "displaydoc",
- "flate2",
- "getrandom 0.3.4",
- "hmac",
- "indexmap",
- "lzma-rs",
- "memchr",
- "pbkdf2",
- "sha1",
- "thiserror",
- "time",
- "xz2",
- "zeroize",
- "zopfli",
- "zstd",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "zmij"
 version = "1.0.23"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "29666d0abbfad1e3dc4dcf6144730dd3a3ab225bbbdac83319345b1b44ccfc1b"
-
-[[package]]
-name = "zopfli"
-version = "0.8.3"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "f05cd8797d63865425ff89b5c4a48804f35ba0ce8d125800027ad6017d2b5249"
-dependencies = [
- "bumpalo",
- "crc32fast",
- "log",
- "simd-adler32",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "zstd"
-version = "0.13.3"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "e91ee311a569c327171651566e07972200e76fcfe2242a4fa446149a3881c08a"
-dependencies = [
- "zstd-safe",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "zstd-safe"
-version = "7.2.4"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "8f49c4d5f0abb602a93fb8736af2a4f4dd9512e36f7f570d66e65ff867ed3b9d"
-dependencies = [
- "zstd-sys",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "zstd-sys"
-version = "2.0.16+zstd.1.5.7"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "91e19ebc2adc8f83e43039e79776e3fda8ca919132d68a1fed6a5faca2683748"
-dependencies = [
- "cc",
- "pkg-config",
-]
diff --git a/mingling_cli/Cargo.toml b/mingling_cli/Cargo.toml
index a9b484a..0fb03a3 100644
--- a/mingling_cli/Cargo.toml
+++ b/mingling_cli/Cargo.toml
@@ -64,9 +64,6 @@ semver = "1.0.28"
 # Code gen
 just_template = "0.2.1"
 
-# Compress
-zip = "2"
-
 [build-dependencies]
 # Configure & Serialization
 serde = { version = "1.0.229", features = ["derive"] }
diff --git a/mingling_cli/src/proj_mgr/cmd_proj_init.rs b/mingling_cli/src/proj_mgr/cmd_proj_init.rs
index 3dfad9c..756965e 100644
--- a/mingling_cli/src/proj_mgr/cmd_proj_init.rs
+++ b/mingling_cli/src/proj_mgr/cmd_proj_init.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 use std::{
     collections::HashMap,
-    fs::{self, File},
-    io,
+    fs, io,
     path::{Path, PathBuf},
 };
 
@@ -10,7 +9,7 @@ use mingling::{
     Grouped, RenderResult, Routable,
     macros::{arg, chain, command, metadata, pack, pack_err, r_println, renderer, routeify},
     metadata::Description,
-    picker::{EntryPicker, value::FilePath},
+    picker::{EntryPicker, value::DirPath},
     res::ResCurrentDir,
 };
 
@@ -45,8 +44,8 @@ pub struct ResultProjectGenerate {
     pub hidden: Vec<PathBuf>,
 }
 
-pack_err!(ErrorTemplateZipNotProvided = ());
-pack_err!(ErrorUnzipFailed = String);
+pack_err!(ErrorTemplateNotProvided = ());
+pack_err!(ErrorTemplateCopyFailed = String);
 pack_err!(ErrorChecklistMissing = String);
 pack_err!(ErrorRuleParseFailed = String);
 pack_err!(ErrorTemplateExpandFailed = String);
@@ -61,39 +60,41 @@ pub fn proj_init(args: Entry, cwd: &ResCurrentDir) -> Next {
     }
 }
 
-/// Phase 1: extract the user-provided template archive into
+/// Phase 1: copy the user-provided template directory into
 /// `./.mling/tmpl-cache/` and hand the checklist over for editing.
 #[chain(routeify)]
 pub fn handle_state_proj_checklist_ready(
     args: StateProjectChecklistReady,
     cwd: &ResCurrentDir,
 ) -> Next {
-    let tmpl_file: Option<FilePath> = args.pick(&arg![Option<FilePath>]).to_result()?;
+    let tmpl_dir: Option<DirPath> = args.pick(&arg![Option<DirPath>]).to_result()?;
 
     // Validate
-    let Some(tmpl_file) = tmpl_file else {
-        return ErrorTemplateZipNotProvided::new(()).to_chain();
+    let Some(tmpl_dir) = tmpl_dir else {
+        return ErrorTemplateNotProvided::new(()).to_chain();
     };
 
-    // Extract the file into the .mling directory under the current directory; create it if it doesn't exist
+    // Copy the template directory into the .mling directory under the current
+    // directory; create it if it doesn't exist
     let tmpl_cache = cwd.join(".mling").join(CACHE_DIR_NAME);
     fs::create_dir_all(&tmpl_cache).map_err(|e| {
-        ErrorUnzipFailed::new(format!("failed to create {}: {e}", tmpl_cache.display()))
+        ErrorTemplateCopyFailed::new(format!("failed to create {}: {e}", tmpl_cache.display()))
     })?;
-    unzip_to(&tmpl_file, &tmpl_cache).map_err(ErrorUnzipFailed::new)?;
+    copy_dir_contents(&tmpl_dir, &tmpl_cache)
+        .map_err(|e| ErrorTemplateCopyFailed::new(e.to_string()))?;
 
     // Move the internal checklist.toml to ./ for the user to fill in
     let checklist_src = tmpl_cache.join(CHECKLIST_FILENAME);
     if !checklist_src.is_file() {
         return ErrorChecklistMissing::new(format!(
             "no checklist.toml found inside {}",
-            tmpl_file.display()
+            tmpl_dir.display()
         ))
         .to_chain();
     }
     let checklist_dst = cwd.join(CHECKLIST_FILENAME);
     fs::rename(&checklist_src, &checklist_dst).map_err(|e| {
-        ErrorUnzipFailed::new(format!(
+        ErrorTemplateCopyFailed::new(format!(
             "failed to move checklist.toml to {}: {e}",
             checklist_dst.display()
         ))
@@ -112,7 +113,7 @@ pub fn handle_state_project_generate(_: StateProjectGenerate, cwd: &ResCurrentDi
     let tmpl_cache = cwd.join(".mling").join(CACHE_DIR_NAME);
     if !tmpl_cache.is_dir() {
         return ErrorChecklistMissing::new(format!(
-            "template cache not found at {}; run `mling proj-init` with a template archive first",
+            "template cache not found at {}; run `mling proj-init` with a template directory first",
             tmpl_cache.display()
         ))
         .to_chain();
@@ -179,25 +180,17 @@ pub fn handle_state_project_generate(_: StateProjectGenerate, cwd: &ResCurrentDi
     ResultProjectGenerate { generated, hidden }.to_chain()
 }
 
-/// Extract a ZIP archive into `dest`, guarding against path traversal.
-fn unzip_to(zip_path: &Path, dest: &Path) -> Result<(), String> {
-    let file = File::open(zip_path).map_err(|e| e.to_string())?;
-    let mut archive = zip::ZipArchive::new(file).map_err(|e| e.to_string())?;
-
-    for i in 0..archive.len() {
-        let mut entry = archive.by_index(i).map_err(|e| e.to_string())?;
-        let Some(rel) = entry.enclosed_name() else {
-            return Err(format!("illegal path in archive: {}", entry.name()));
-        };
-        let out_path = dest.join(rel);
-        if entry.is_dir() {
-            fs::create_dir_all(&out_path).map_err(|e| e.to_string())?;
-        } else {
-            if let Some(parent) = out_path.parent() {
-                fs::create_dir_all(parent).map_err(|e| e.to_string())?;
-            }
-            let mut out = File::create(&out_path).map_err(|e| e.to_string())?;
-            io::copy(&mut entry, &mut out).map_err(|e| e.to_string())?;
+/// Recursively copy the contents of `src` into `dst`, preserving names.
+fn copy_dir_contents(src: &Path, dst: &Path) -> io::Result<()> {
+    fs::create_dir_all(dst)?;
+    for entry in fs::read_dir(src)? {
+        let entry = entry?;
+        let from = entry.path();
+        let to = dst.join(entry.file_name());
+        if from.is_dir() {
+            copy_dir_contents(&from, &to)?;
+        } else if from.is_file() {
+            fs::copy(&from, &to)?;
         }
     }
     Ok(())
@@ -290,7 +283,7 @@ fn remove_path(path: &Path) -> io::Result<()> {
 #[renderer]
 pub fn render_result_project_checklist_ready(result: ResultProjectChecklistReady) -> RenderResult {
     let mut r = RenderResult::new();
-    r_println!(r, "Template extracted.");
+    r_println!(r, "Template copied.");
     r_println!(r, "");
     hprintln_cargo!(
         r,
@@ -313,19 +306,19 @@ pub fn render_result_project_generate(result: ResultProjectGenerate) -> RenderRe
 }
 
 #[renderer]
-pub fn render_error_template_zip_not_provided(_err: ErrorTemplateZipNotProvided) -> RenderResult {
+pub fn render_error_template_not_provided(_err: ErrorTemplateNotProvided) -> RenderResult {
     let mut r = RenderResult::new();
     eprintln_cargo!(
         r,
-        "no template archive provided; pass the path to a mingling template zip file"
+        "no template directory provided; pass the path to a mingling template directory"
     );
     r
 }
 
 #[renderer]
-pub fn render_error_unzip_failed(err: ErrorUnzipFailed) -> RenderResult {
+pub fn render_error_template_copy_failed(err: ErrorTemplateCopyFailed) -> RenderResult {
     let mut r = RenderResult::new();
-    eprintln_cargo!(r, "failed to extract template: {}", err.info);
+    eprintln_cargo!(r, "failed to copy template: {}", err.info);
     r
 }
 
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