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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+set -euxo pipefail
+
+# Tauri CLI is being bad-behaved, so just run via cargo.
+# NX will need to launch the frontend separately.
+cargo build --bin tauri-artcraft
+
+./target/debug/tauri-artcraft
+
+# # Kill any process running on port 5741, which will block startup
+# if lsof -i tcp:5741 &>/dev/null; then
+#   lsof -i tcp:5741 -t | xargs kill -9
+#   echo "Killed process running on port 5741"
+# else
+#   echo "No process running on port 5741"
+# fi
+# 
+# # TODO(bt,2025-02-13): This is not the correct way to get the root dir
+# root_dir=$(pwd)
+# frontend_path="${root_dir}/frontend"
+# 
+# pushd "${frontend_path}"
+# 
+# #nvm use stable
+# npm install
+# popd
+# 
+# # Tauri doesn't let you configure the frontend project directory statically, though they do provide an
+# # environment variable to pass it to the CLI. Without doing this, the tauri cli randomly walks the
+# # filesystem and finds the wrong frontend code.
+# 
+# export TAURI_FRONTEND_PATH="${frontend_path}"
+# export TAURI_APP_PATH="${root_dir}/crates/desktop/tauri-artcraft"
+# 
+# export CONFIG_PATH="${TAURI_APP_PATH}/tauri.artcraft_2d.conf.toml"
+# 
+# # TODO: --no-watch
+# cargo tauri dev --config "${CONFIG_PATH}"
+