feature: initial setup of astro blog

feature: setup github actions to deploy astro site to github pages

fix: specific pnpm version in the package.json for use in the deployment workflow

fix: upload static assets for deployment action step to work

chore: change to manually build the astro site instead of using the astro action

chore: remove pnpm as the cache key for node action as it is incorrect

chore: add github pages configure step in workflow

.github/workflows/deploy.yml

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+name: Deploy `blog` to GitHub Pages
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [main]
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+  pages: write
+  id-token: write
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout your repository using git
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Setup Node.js environment
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v3
+        with:
+          node-version: '18'
+      - name: Install pnpm
+        run: npm install -g pnpm
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: pnpm install
+      - name: Build the Astro site
+        run: pnpm build
+      - name: Setup Pages
+        uses: actions/configure-pages@v5
+      - name: Upload static files as artifact
+        id: deployment
+        uses: actions/upload-pages-artifact@v3 
+        with:
+          path: ./dist/
+  deploy:
+    needs: build
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    environment:
+      name: github-pages
+      url: ${{ steps.deployment.outputs.page_url }}
+    steps:
+      - name: Deploy to GitHub Pages
+        id: deployment
+        uses: actions/deploy-pages@v4

.gitignore

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+# build output
+dist/
+# generated types
+.astro/
+
+# dependencies
+node_modules/
+
+# logs
+npm-debug.log*
+yarn-debug.log*
+yarn-error.log*
+pnpm-debug.log*
+
+
+# environment variables
+.env
+.env.production
+
+# macOS-specific files
+.DS_Store
+
+# jetbrains setting folder
+.idea/

.vscode/extensions.json

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+{
+  "recommendations": ["astro-build.astro-vscode", "unifiedjs.vscode-mdx"],
+  "unwantedRecommendations": []
+}

.vscode/launch.json

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+{
+  "version": "0.2.0",
+  "configurations": [
+    {
+      "command": "./node_modules/.bin/astro dev",
+      "name": "Development server",
+      "request": "launch",
+      "type": "node-terminal"
+    }
+  ]
+}

README.md

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+# Astro Starter Kit: Blog
+
+```sh
+npm create astro@latest -- --template blog
+```
+
+[![Open in StackBlitz](https://developer.stackblitz.com/img/open_in_stackblitz.svg)](https://stackblitz.com/github/withastro/astro/tree/latest/examples/blog)
+[![Open with CodeSandbox](https://assets.codesandbox.io/github/button-edit-lime.svg)](https://codesandbox.io/p/sandbox/github/withastro/astro/tree/latest/examples/blog)
+[![Open in GitHub Codespaces](https://github.com/codespaces/badge.svg)](https://codespaces.new/withastro/astro?devcontainer_path=.devcontainer/blog/devcontainer.json)
+
+> 🧑‍🚀 **Seasoned astronaut?** Delete this file. Have fun!
+
+![blog](https://github.com/withastro/astro/assets/2244813/ff10799f-a816-4703-b967-c78997e8323d)
+
+Features:
+
+- ✅ Minimal styling (make it your own!)
+- ✅ 100/100 Lighthouse performance
+- ✅ SEO-friendly with canonical URLs and OpenGraph data
+- ✅ Sitemap support
+- ✅ RSS Feed support
+- ✅ Markdown & MDX support
+
+## 🚀 Project Structure
+
+Inside of your Astro project, you'll see the following folders and files:
+
+```text
+├── public/
+├── src/
+│   ├── components/
+│   ├── content/
+│   ├── layouts/
+│   └── pages/
+├── astro.config.mjs
+├── README.md
+├── package.json
+└── tsconfig.json
+```
+
+Astro looks for `.astro` or `.md` files in the `src/pages/` directory. Each page is exposed as a route based on its file name.
+
+There's nothing special about `src/components/`, but that's where we like to put any Astro/React/Vue/Svelte/Preact components.
+
+The `src/content/` directory contains "collections" of related Markdown and MDX documents. Use `getCollection()` to retrieve posts from `src/content/blog/`, and type-check your frontmatter using an optional schema. See [Astro's Content Collections docs](https://docs.astro.build/en/guides/content-collections/) to learn more.
+
+Any static assets, like images, can be placed in the `public/` directory.
+
+## 🧞 Commands
+
+All commands are run from the root of the project, from a terminal:
+
+| Command                   | Action                                           |
+| :------------------------ | :----------------------------------------------- |
+| `npm install`             | Installs dependencies                            |
+| `npm run dev`             | Starts local dev server at `localhost:4321`      |
+| `npm run build`           | Build your production site to `./dist/`          |
+| `npm run preview`         | Preview your build locally, before deploying     |
+| `npm run astro ...`       | Run CLI commands like `astro add`, `astro check` |
+| `npm run astro -- --help` | Get help using the Astro CLI                     |
+
+## 👀 Want to learn more?
+
+Check out [our documentation](https://docs.astro.build) or jump into our [Discord server](https://astro.build/chat).
+
+## Credit
+
+This theme is based off of the lovely [Bear Blog](https://github.com/HermanMartinus/bearblog/).

astro.config.mjs

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+// @ts-check
+import { defineConfig } from 'astro/config';
+import mdx from '@astrojs/mdx';
+
+import sitemap from '@astrojs/sitemap';
+
+// https://astro.build/config
+export default defineConfig({
+	site: 'https://example.com',
+	integrations: [mdx(), sitemap()],
+});

package.json

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+{
+  "name": "blog",
+  "type": "module",
+  "version": "0.0.1",
+  "scripts": {
+    "dev": "astro dev",
+    "start": "astro dev",
+    "build": "astro check && astro build",
+    "preview": "astro preview",
+    "astro": "astro"
+  },
+  "dependencies": {
+    "@astrojs/mdx": "^3.1.8",
+    "@astrojs/rss": "^4.0.9",
+    "@astrojs/sitemap": "^3.2.1",
+    "astro": "^4.16.7",
+    "@astrojs/check": "^0.9.4",
+    "typescript": "^5.6.3"
+  },
+  "packageManager": "[email protected]"
+}