Is there a way to clone the repository in a way where I keep getting updates every time your team updates your starter template?

[AuthenticPumpkin]

For example:

• I cloned your repo in Dec 2024.
• I now see that it supports Astro 5 & would like that. How do I update it to reflect all your changes?

[markteekman]

Hey @AuthenticPumpkin!

That's a good question, while I've separated a couple of the components by using an NPM package (Accessible Astro Components), the theme itself is something that doesn't have an easy way to stay up to date. To be honest, I wouldn't know how to do this properly and if other themes do this as well. I could ask in the Astro Dicord if anyone has experience with it.

That said, you could try adding the template repository as an upstream remote:

• Add original repository as an upstream git remote add upstream https://github.com/incluud/accessible-astro-starter.git
• When you want to fetch updates use git fetch upstream
• Merge changes from the upstream main branch with git merge upstream/main

This approach allows you to get updates while keeping your own changes. You might need to resolve merge conflicts if you've modified the same files that were updated in the template.

Let me know if that works, if so, I will document it on our docs website!

Thanks 🙂

[nicolasmesser]

Think this would be a nice addition to the docs ... maybe it's only needed in the README. It's what AI suggests and other projects seem to mention to do as well.

[markteekman]

Thanks for chipping in @nicolasmesser! Yeah, I'll add this method to the docs/README.md soon 😊 We've been considering implementing something similar as Starlight does (as a separate package), but that would mean a big overhaul. This method will have to do for now 🙂