CHANGELOG.md

create-astro

4.9.2

Patch Changes

• #12143 2385d58 Thanks @bluwy! - Uses @bluwy/giget-core instead of giget for smaller installation size when downloading the CLI

4.9.1

Patch Changes

• #12118 f47b347 Thanks @Namchee! - Removes the strip-ansi dependency in favor of the native Node API

4.9.0

Minor Changes

• #11924 7d70ba3 Thanks @florian-lefebvre! - Updates the default Astro config with // @ts-check if the Typescript preset is strict or strictest

4.8.4

Patch Changes

• #11766 d12dcbf Thanks @bluwy! - Fixes initial git commit when initializing git

4.8.3

Patch Changes

• #11733 391324d Thanks @bluwy! - Reverts back to arg package for CLI argument parsing

4.8.2

Patch Changes

• #11645 849e4c6 Thanks @bluwy! - Refactors internally to use node:util parseArgs instead of arg

4.8.1

Patch Changes

• #11567 d27cf6d Thanks @ascorbic! - Logs underlying error when a template cannot be downloaded

4.8.0

Minor Changes

• #10689 683d51a5eecafbbfbfed3910a3f1fbf0b3531b99 Thanks @ematipico! - Deprecate support for versions of Node.js older than v18.17.1 for Node.js 18, older than v20.0.3 for Node.js 20, and the complete Node.js v19 release line.

  This change is in line with Astro's Node.js support policy.

4.7.5

Patch Changes

• #10487 2330f22d6cf8cd150c19ec40359aed4d6b43ddec Thanks @satyarohith! - Fixes a case where a promise wasn't awaited, causing an issue in Deno.

4.7.4

Patch Changes

• #10255 2aec2cdc21f48f9b4f1dd82e2fd16fa3d653ccc5 Thanks @natemoo-re! - Fixes an issue where TypeScript and @astrojs/check versions would occassionally print as undefined.

4.7.3

Patch Changes

• #10117 51b6ff7403c1223b1c399e88373075972c82c24c Thanks @hippotastic! - Fixes an issue where create astro, astro add and @astrojs/upgrade would fail due to unexpected package manager CLI output.

4.7.2

Patch Changes

• #9813 fecba30a1abb7ca65dfb8f506dde77117fa447d1 Thanks @florian-lefebvre! - Fixes @astrojs/check and typescript addition to package.json dependencies when the user has decided not to auto-install dependencies

4.7.1

Patch Changes

• #9476 651f45b4010ad9b8d9f61fdc748618e220fe5375 Thanks @ElianCodes! - Improves seasonal message handling by automatically detecting the local date

4.7.0

Minor Changes

• #9470 607303be198931825dac9f3bc97867b4886feaf3 Thanks @onsclom! - Improves the create astro CLI experience by asking all the questions upfront, then creating your new Astro project based on your responses.

4.6.0

Minor Changes

• #9358 35e4c17fe Thanks @xiBread! - feat: make Houston festive for the holiday season

4.5.2

Patch Changes

• #9105 6201bbe96 Thanks @FredKSchott! - Stop clearing the console on start

4.5.2-beta.0

Patch Changes

• #9105 6201bbe96 Thanks @FredKSchott! - Stop clearing the console on start

4.5.1

Patch Changes

• #9048 1e97708cd Thanks @skirianov! - Fixes an issue where a successful "Dependencies installed" message is displayed even when installing dependencies fails.

4.5.0

Minor Changes

• #8959 6169b6e56 Thanks @ElianCodes! - Undo the halloween theme and restore fancy behaviour

Patch Changes

• #8939 71455c16c Thanks @wktk! - Fixes TypeScript installation issue with yarn

4.4.1

Patch Changes

• #8911 b236d88ad Thanks @natemoo-re! - Ensure an existing template's package.json scripts are respected when modifying build.

4.4.0

Minor Changes

• #8853 ce807a2bf Thanks @rayriffy! - Automatically installs the required dependencies to run the astro check command when the user indicates they plan to write TypeScript.

Patch Changes

• #8841 f2dd895d7 Thanks @Genteure! - No longer attempts to delete the directory after a template download fails if the path is ., ./ or starts with ../.

4.3.0

Minor Changes

• #8846 3baab3d93 Thanks @ElianCodes! - feat: make Houston wear scary hats and say new things for spooky season

4.2.1

Patch Changes

• #8634 b64dd45c0 Thanks @TheOtterlord! - Fix --yes behaviour to prevent it overriding --template

4.2.0

Minor Changes

• #8551 1d5b3f079 Thanks @jacobthesheep! - Adds --yes and dry-run flags to project-name and the yes flag to template.

4.1.0

Minor Changes

• #8456 ed952b4ce Thanks @natemoo-re! - Improve startup performance by removing dependencies, lazily initializing async contextual values

4.0.2

Patch Changes

• #8427 b81ff8fce Thanks @aswind7! - trim project name of the user input

• #8306 d2f2a11cd Thanks @jacobthesheep! - Support detecting Bun when logging messages with package manager information.

4.0.1

Patch Changes

• #8292 4e88ffd81 Thanks @Princesseuh! - Correctly remove new .codesandbox folder when copying template

4.0.0

Major Changes

• #8188 d0679a666 Thanks @ematipico! - Remove support for Node 16. The lowest supported version by Astro and all integrations is now v18.14.1. As a reminder, Node 16 will be deprecated on the 11th September 2023.

• #8179 6011d52d3 Thanks @matthewp! - Astro 3.0 Release Candidate

4.0.0-rc.2

Major Changes

• #8179 6011d52d3 Thanks @matthewp! - Astro 3.0 Release Candidate

4.0.0-beta.1

Patch Changes

• #7944 dff0f0f8d Thanks @colinhacks! - Update 'dev' command for Bun users

• #8102 e6e1de4f0 Thanks @natemoo-re! - Verify internet connection and that --template exists before continuing

4.0.0-beta.0

Major Changes

• 1eae2e3f7 Thanks @Princesseuh! - Remove support for Node 16. The lowest supported version by Astro and all integrations is now v18.14.1. As a reminder, Node 16 will be deprecated on the 11th September 2023.

3.2.2

Patch Changes

• #7944 dff0f0f8d Thanks @colinhacks! - Update 'dev' command for Bun users

• #8102 e6e1de4f0 Thanks @natemoo-re! - Verify internet connection and that --template exists before continuing

3.2.1

Patch Changes

• #8089 04755e846 Thanks @natemoo-re! - Fix install step to avoid uncaught errors

3.2.0

Minor Changes

• #8077 44cf30a25 Thanks @natemoo-re! - Reduce dependency installation size, swap execa for light node:child_process wrapper

3.1.13

Patch Changes

• #8028 8292c4131 Thanks @natemoo-re! - Improve yarn berry support

3.1.12

Patch Changes

• #7993 315d58f27 Thanks @delucis! - Add support for more Starlight templates

3.1.11

Patch Changes

• #7939 89cd4b877 Thanks @natemoo-re! - Handle error state for version number

3.1.10

Patch Changes

• #7580 2ca5bdde2 Thanks @sankethchebbi! - Update dependency installation grammar

3.1.9

Patch Changes

• #7527 9e2426f75 Thanks @natemoo-re! - Default registry logic to fallback to NPM if registry command fails (sorry, Bun users!)

• #7539 1170877b5 Thanks @jc1144096387! - Update registry logic, improving edge cases (http support, redirects, registries ending with '/')

3.1.8

Patch Changes

• #7435 3f9f5c117 Thanks @bholmesdev! - Fix registry failures using unexpected package managers when running create-astro

3.1.7

Patch Changes

• #7326 1430ffb47 Thanks @calebdwilliams! - Ensure create-astro respects package manager registry configuration

3.1.6

Patch Changes

• #7277 229affca4 Thanks @natemoo-re! - Add starlight template alias

3.1.5

Patch Changes

• #7086 c5f1275e9 Thanks @MoustaphaDev! - Fix create astro regression

3.1.4

Patch Changes

• #7052 8c14bffbd Thanks @ematipico! - Don't exit if dependencies fail to install

3.1.3

Patch Changes

• #6682 335602344 Thanks @andremralves! - add validation for non-printable characters

3.1.2

Patch Changes

• #6677 4a3262060 Thanks @bholmesdev! - Fix: Log an error when passing a --template that does not exist

3.1.1

Patch Changes

• #6594 a661907b4 Thanks @btea! - wrap projectDir in quotes if it contains spaces

3.1.0

Minor Changes

• #6213 afbbc4d5b Thanks @Princesseuh! - Updated compilation settings to disable downlevelling for Node 14

3.0.5

Patch Changes

• #6375 754c5ca9a Thanks @natemoo-re! - Respect original package.json indentation

3.0.4

Patch Changes

• #6352 c87c16cfa Thanks @SerekKiri! - Add missing flags to help command

3.0.3

Patch Changes

• #6314 7f61e8fe3 Thanks @MilesPernicious! - Prompt for git initialization last, so all configurations can get added to the initial commit

• #6294 d0dbee872 Thanks @liruifengv! - create-astro help info add --typescript flag

3.0.2

Patch Changes

• #6278 0f5d122cd Thanks @Princesseuh! - Revert to giget 1.0.0 until upstream issue is fixed

3.0.1

Patch Changes

• #6266 066b4b4ef Thanks @natemoo-re! - Improve error handling during tasks that display a spinner

3.0.0

Major Changes

• #6082 8d2187d8b Thanks @natemoo-re! - Redesigned create-astro experience

2.0.2

Patch Changes

• #5953 5c64324c0 Thanks @ZermattChris! - Check for a pre-existing .git directory and if found, skip trying to create a new one.

2.0.1

Patch Changes

• #5958 d0d7f6118 Thanks @natemoo-re! - Fix typescript prompt handling

2.0.0

Major Changes

• #5782 1f92d64ea Thanks @Princesseuh! - Remove support for Node 14. Minimum supported Node version is now >=16.12.0

Patch Changes

• #5898 d8919b1a2 Thanks @TheOtterlord! - Support headless runs with -y / --yes

• #5920 f27bb3d79 Thanks @delucis! - Improve error message for third-party template 404s

2.0.0-beta.1

See changes in 2.0.0-beta.1

Patch Changes

• #5898 d8919b1a2 Thanks @TheOtterlord! - Support headless runs with -y / --yes

• #5920 f27bb3d79 Thanks @delucis! - Improve error message for third-party template 404s

2.0.0-beta.0

See changes in 2.0.0-beta.0

Major Changes

• #5782 1f92d64ea Thanks @Princesseuh! - Remove support for Node 14. Minimum supported Node version is now >=16.12.0

1.2.4

Patch Changes

• #5579 2c2c65297 Thanks @yuhang-dong! - Upgrade giget to support env proxy config

• #5616 61302ab7a Thanks @natemoo-re! - Skip Houston on Windows until we can debug the prompt issue

1.2.3

Patch Changes

• #5404 505abfd64 Thanks @liruifengv! - fix error when don't have template input

1.2.2

Patch Changes

• #5319 b211eadef Thanks @natemoo-re! - Fix bug with setRawMode. Respect --skip-houston in all cases.

1.2.1

Patch Changes

• #5240 d9be7e36b Thanks @natemoo-re! - Improve error messages when create-astro fails

• #5226 641b6d7d5 Thanks @natemoo-re! - Allow Windows users to pass --fancy to enable full unicode support

1.2.0

Minor Changes

• #5088 040837628 Thanks @natemoo-re! - Introducing your new automated assistant: Houston! 🎉

  ╭─────╮  Houston:
  │ ◠ ◡ ◠  Initiating launch sequence... right... now!
  ╰─────╯
  

  Updates template and TypeScript prompts for clarity and friendliness.

  Migrates template copying from degit (unmaintained) to giget for stability.

1.1.0

Minor Changes

• #4810 7481ffda0 Thanks @mrienstra! - Always write chosen config to tsconfig.json.

  • Before: Only when strict & strictest was selected
  • After: Also when base is selected (via "Relaxed" or "I prefer not to use TypeScript")

1.0.2

Patch Changes

• #4805 c84d85ba4 Thanks @HiDeoo! - Add support for running in cloned empty git repository

1.0.1

Patch Changes

• #4439 77ce6be30 Thanks @Princesseuh! - Add tsconfig templates for users to extend from

1.0.1-next.0

Patch Changes

• #4439 77ce6be30 Thanks @Princesseuh! - Add tsconfig templates for users to extend from

1.0.0

Major Changes

• 04ad44563 - > Astro v1.0 is out! Read the official announcement post.

  No breaking changes. This package is now officially stable and compatible with astro@1.0.0!

0.15.1

Patch Changes

• #4183 77c018e51 Thanks @Princesseuh! - Fix relaxed and default TypeScript settings not working

0.15.0

Minor Changes

• #4179 d344f9e3e Thanks @Princesseuh! - Add a step to configure how strict TypeScript should be

0.14.3

Patch Changes

• #4075 cc10a5c8e Thanks @Princesseuh! - Added better error handling when cancelling operations, providing bad templates and when there's a degit cache issue

0.14.2

Patch Changes

• #3971 e6e216061 Thanks @tony-sull! - Fixes support for using templates from any GitHub repository

0.14.1

Patch Changes

• #3937 31f9c0bf0 Thanks @delucis! - Roll back supported Node engines

0.14.0

Minor Changes

• #3914 b48767985 Thanks @ran-dall! - Rollback supported node@16 version. Minimum versions are now node@14.20.0 or node@16.14.0.

0.13.0

Minor Changes

• #3871 1cc5b7890 Thanks @natemoo-re! - Update supported node versions. Minimum versions are now node@14.20.0 or node@16.16.0.

Patch Changes

• #3886 cb6a97383 Thanks @QuiiBz! - Fix portfolio example JSX error

0.12.5

Patch Changes

• #3831 4fb08502 Thanks @FredKSchott! - Small wording updates

0.12.4

Patch Changes

• #3756 507cd5c8 Thanks @bholmesdev! - Chore: remove create-astro install step test

0.12.3

Patch Changes

• #3748 012f093e Thanks @delucis! - Remove astro add step & tweak wording (PR #3715)

0.12.2

Patch Changes

• #3391 cf8015ea Thanks @natemoo-re! - Fix #3309 default logger locale behavior.

0.12.1

Patch Changes

• #3313 1a5335ed Thanks @bholmesdev! - Update "next steps" with more informative text on each CLI command. Oh, and gradients. A lot more gradients.

0.12.0

Minor Changes

• #3227 c8f5fa35 Thanks @bholmesdev! - Add "initialize git repository" step to simplify our next steps suggestion. We now give you a one-liner to easily paste in your terminal and start the dev server!

0.11.0

Minor Changes

• #3223 b7cd6958 Thanks @bholmesdev! - Replace the component framework selector with a new "run astro add" option. This unlocks integrations beyond components during your create-astro setup, including TailwindCSS and Partytown. This also replaces our previous "starter" template with a simplified "Just the basics" option.

0.10.1

Patch Changes

• #3212 00fc1326 Thanks @bholmesdev! - Simplify logging during welcome message and directory selection

0.10.0

Minor Changes

• #3190 38e5e9e9 Thanks @bholmesdev! - Feat: add option to install dependencies during setup. This respects the package manager used to run create-astro (ex. "yarn create astro" vs "pnpm create astro@latest").

0.9.0

Minor Changes

• #3168 7c49194c Thanks @bholmesdev! - Add prompt to choose a directory, now defaulting to a separate "./my-astro-site" instead of "." (current directory)

0.8.0

Minor Changes

• #2843 1fdb63b5 Thanks @JuanM04! - Automatically add integration peerDependencies to scaffolded package.json files

0.8.0-next.0

Minor Changes

• #2843 1fdb63b5 Thanks @JuanM04! - Automatically add integration peerDependencies to scaffolded package.json files

0.7.1

Patch Changes

• #2429 fda857eb Thanks @Mikkel-T! - Added an option to create-astro to use verbose logging which should help debug degit issues

0.7.0

Minor Changes

• #2202 45cea6ae Thanks @jonathantneal! - Officially drop support for Node v12. The minimum supported version is now Node v14.15+,

0.6.10

Patch Changes

• #2150 d5ebd9d1 Thanks @FredKSchott! - Fix create-astro export map entry

0.6.9

Patch Changes

• #2124 c0f29bcf Thanks @leosvelperez! - Parse --renderers flag correctly when passed to the create-astro cli

0.6.8

Patch Changes

• 3e1bdb1a: Add a helpful message for the "could not find commit hash for ..." error

0.6.7

0.6.7-next.1

Patch Changes

• 6c66d483: Fix issue with v7.x+ versions of npm init, which changed default flag handling

0.6.7-next.0

Patch Changes

• 6c66d483: Fix issue with v7.x+ versions of npm init, which changed default flag handling

0.6.6

Patch Changes

• d5fdeefe: Changes create-astro to pull examples from the latest branch

0.6.5

Patch Changes

• 025f5e3f: Fix to revert change pointing create-astro at the latest branch

0.6.4

Patch Changes

• 28f00566: Updates create-astro to use the latest branch

0.6.3

Patch Changes

• 0eeb2534: change rm to unlink for node 12 compatibility

0.6.2

Patch Changes

• 11a6f884: Added a check to see if the renderers array is empty and only show the message about using the templates default renderers if it isn't

0.6.1

Patch Changes

• 24dce41c: Adds a new template 'minimal' which does not include a framework

0.6.0

Minor Changes

• cf4c97cf: forced degit template extraction in case of non empty installation directory

0.5.2

Patch Changes

• 6c52c92: Add warning when encountering 'zlib: unexpected end of file' error

0.5.1

Patch Changes

• a7e6666: compile javascript to target Node v12.x
• bd18e14: Add support for Solid
• d45431d: create-astro does not fail when removing subdirectories

0.5.1-next.1

Patch Changes

• bd18e14: Add support for Solid

0.5.1-next.0

Patch Changes

• a7e6666: compile javascript to target Node v12.x
• d45431d: create-astro does not fail when removing subdirectories

0.5.0

Minor Changes

• 36e104b: Use new client: prefix for component examples

0.4.0

Minor Changes

• 5d5d67c: Update create-astro to handle framework-specific logic based on user preference

0.3.5

Patch Changes

• d8ceff5: Allows using an external repo as a template

  You can do this with the --template flag:

  npm init astro my-shopify --template cassidoo/shopify-react-astro

0.3.4

Patch Changes

• b0e41ea: fix small output bugs

0.3.3

Patch Changes

• f9f2da4: Add repository key to package.json for create-astro

0.3.2

Patch Changes

• ab2972b: Update package.json engines for esm support

0.3.1

Patch Changes

• d6a7349: fix issue with empty prompt

0.3.0

Minor Changes

• 6bca7c8: Redesigned create-astro internals
• 6bca7c8: New UI