From e3c7e1da1945e0a8f9c8fa5f7ba51e173dab503d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Zejun Zhao <jelly.zhao.42@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2026 10:06:23 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] Organize existing patterns into a Cargo crate to be published

---
 Cargo.toml | 12 ++++++++++++
 src/lib.rs |  6 ++++++
 2 files changed, 18 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 Cargo.toml
 create mode 100644 src/lib.rs

diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..25a84f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+[package]
+name = "rpl-patterns"
+version = "0.1.0"
+edition = "2024"
+description = "Official RPL pattern collection"
+license = "MPL-2.0"
+
+[package.metadata.rpl]
+path = ["patterns"]
+
+[package.metadata.rpl.groups]
+all = ["."]
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6447148
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+use std::path::PathBuf;
+
+/// Return the absolute path to the bundled RPL patterns.
+pub fn patterns_root() -> PathBuf {
+    PathBuf::from(env!("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR")).join("patterns")
+}