Implements templates from external repos (#603)

* Implements templates from external repos

* Adds a changeset

1 files changed, 29 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/packages/create-astro/test/external.test.js b/packages/create-astro/test/external.test.js
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+import assert from 'assert';
+import execa from 'execa';
+import { FIXTURES_URL } from './helpers.js';
+import { existsSync } from 'fs';
+
+async function run(outdir, template) {
+  //--template cassidoo/shopify-react-astro
+  await execa('../../create-astro.mjs', [outdir, '--template', template, '--force-overwrite'], {
+    cwd: FIXTURES_URL.pathname,
+  });
+}
+
+const testCases = [
+  ['shopify', 'cassidoo/shopify-react-astro']
+];
+
+async function tests() {
+  for(let [dir, tmpl] of testCases) {
+    await run(dir, tmpl);
+
+    const outPath = new URL('' + dir, FIXTURES_URL);
+    assert.ok(existsSync(outPath));
+  }
+}
+
+tests().catch(err => {
+  console.error(err);
+  process.exit(1);
+});
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