How to include files inside template/package, but parsed from project path?

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File paths such as /sections/preface/preface.typ" are always relative to where they are used:

// a.typ
#let my-include(path) = include path

// b.typ
#import "@local/test-template:0.1.0": my-include

#include "foo.typ"      // relative to b.typ
#my-include("foo.typ") // relative to a.typ

in your case, that means your (absolute) paths would be relative to (the package containing) functions.typ. The way around this is to not pass paths, but content to your template:

  before: ( //my list of files to include
    preface: include "/sections/preface/preface.typ",
    acknowledgement: include "/sections/preface/acknowledgement.typ",
    contents: include "/sections/preface/contents.typ",
    readers_guide: include "/sections/preface/readers_guide.typ",
  ),

Eventually, there should be a distinct path type that lets you pass paths to other places, while retaining what they’re relative to, but this doesn’t exist yet. You can read more on the topic here:

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