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+import fs from 'fs';
+import path from 'path';
+import { fileURLToPath } from 'url';
+import { suite } from 'uvu';
+import execa from 'execa';
+import del from 'del';
+import * as assert from 'uvu/assert';
+
+const CreateAstro = suite('npm init astro');
+
+const cwd = fileURLToPath(new URL('./fixtures/', import.meta.url));
+
+const templates = ['blank', 'starter'];
+
+CreateAstro.before(async () => {
+  await del(cwd);
+  await fs.promises.mkdir(cwd);
+});
+
+for (const template of templates) {
+  CreateAstro(template, async () => {
+    await execa('../../create-astro.js', [template, '--template', template], { cwd });
+
+    const DOES_HAVE = ['.gitignore', 'package.json', 'public', 'src'];
+    const DOES_NOT_HAVE = ['_gitignore', 'meta.json'];
+
+    // test: template contains essential files & folders
+    for (const file of DOES_HAVE) {
+      assert.ok(fs.existsSync(path.join(cwd, template, file)), `has ${file}`);
+    }
+
+    // test: template DOES NOT contain files supposed to be stripped away
+    for (const file of DOES_NOT_HAVE) {
+      assert.not.ok(fs.existsSync(path.join(cwd, template, `does not have ${file}`)));
+    }
+  });
+}
+
+CreateAstro.run();