3 files changed, 43 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/packages/create-astro/package.json b/packages/create-astro/package.json
index a7e61871d..25b3c4899 100644
--- a/packages/create-astro/package.json
+++ b/packages/create-astro/package.json
@@ -9,8 +9,9 @@
     "create-astro": "./create-astro.js"
   },
   "scripts": {
-    "build": "astro-scripts build src/index.tsx",
-    "postbuild": "astro-scripts copy \"src/templates/**\" --tgz"
+    "build": "ENV=production astro-scripts build src/index.tsx",
+    "postbuild": "astro-scripts copy \"src/templates/**\" --tgz",
+    "test": "uvu"
   },
   "files": [
     "dist",
diff --git a/packages/create-astro/test/.gitignore b/packages/create-astro/test/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..116caa127
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/create-astro/test/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+fixtures
diff --git a/packages/create-astro/test/create-astro.test.js b/packages/create-astro/test/create-astro.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5fb556ef3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/create-astro/test/create-astro.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+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();