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Cannot read `include`d folder in compiled file

Hello, I am trying to compile an application and read a folder that I include with it. I am running into a problem with the output. I don't know how to read a directory inside the binary that I have included. I ran this command deno compile --include config to include the folder config in the binary, but I don't know how to read it and where to find it.

This is my folder structure:

.
├── main.ts
├── deno.json
└── config/
    ├── .env
    └── settings.json


And running deno task dev can read the file, because everything is where it is expected. If I compile the program and run it from this folder, I can also access the directory, because the file is where it is supposed to relative to the 'config' folder.

I want to have the config folder included though, so I can move the file freely around.

Here's a sample program:

console.log("Attempting to read included 'config' directory...");

const configDir = "./config";
console.log(`Deno Version: ${Deno.version.deno}`);
console.log(`Attempting to access path: ${configDir}`);

try {
  console.log("\nDirectory contents:");
  for await (const dirEntry of Deno.readDir(configDir)) {
    console.log(
      `- ${dirEntry.name} (${dirEntry.isDirectory ? "dir" : "file"})`,
    );
  }
} catch (error) {
  console.error("Error reading directory:", error);
}


EDIT: My full example includes using deno workspaces and the file that reads the config folder is in another workspace than the one calling it. Which might introduce extra complexity
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