diff --git a/libs/create-qwikdev-astro/package.json b/libs/create-qwikdev-astro/package.json
index e2f9741c..0a9414d5 100644
--- a/libs/create-qwikdev-astro/package.json
+++ b/libs/create-qwikdev-astro/package.json
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
   "scripts": {
     "check": "tsc --noEmit",
     "build": "pnpm check && tsup-node --env.NODE_ENV production",
+    "prepublishOnly": "node --loader tsm src/prepare.ts",
+    "postpublish": "node --loader tsm src/prepare.ts --restore",
     "start": "tsup-node --env.NODE_ENV development --watch",
     "test": "NODE_ENV=test node --loader tsm --enable-source-maps bin/test.ts"
   },
@@ -86,10 +88,7 @@
     },
     "./package.json": "./package.json"
   },
-  "files": [
-    "dist",
-    "stubs"
-  ],
+  "files": ["dist", "stubs"],
   "bin": "./dist/cli.js",
   "keywords": [
     "astro-integration",
diff --git a/libs/create-qwikdev-astro/src/prepare.ts b/libs/create-qwikdev-astro/src/prepare.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..befdbea0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/create-qwikdev-astro/src/prepare.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+import { existsSync, readdirSync, renameSync } from "node:fs";
+import { dirname, join } from "node:path";
+import { logError, logInfo, logSuccess } from "./console";
+import { __dirname } from "./utils";
+
+function renameGitignore(dir: string, restore = false) {
+  const files = readdirSync(dir, { withFileTypes: true });
+
+  for (const file of files) {
+    const filePath = join(dir, file.name);
+
+    if (file.isDirectory()) {
+      renameGitignore(filePath, restore);
+    } else if (file.name === (restore ? ".gitignore" : "gitignore")) {
+      const newName = join(dir, restore ? "gitignore" : ".gitignore");
+      renameSync(filePath, newName);
+      logSuccess(`Renamed "${filePath}" to "${newName}"`);
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+const templates = join(dirname(__dirname), "stubs", "templates");
+const restore = process.argv.includes("--restore");
+
+if (restore) {
+  logInfo("Restoring files to their original names...");
+} else {
+  logInfo("Backing up files to gitignore...");
+}
+
+if (existsSync(templates)) {
+  renameGitignore(templates, restore);
+} else {
+  logError(`The "${templates}" directory doesn't exist.`);
+}
diff --git a/libs/create-qwikdev-astro/stubs/templates/deno-biome/.gitignore b/libs/create-qwikdev-astro/stubs/templates/deno-biome/gitignore
similarity index 100%
rename from libs/create-qwikdev-astro/stubs/templates/deno-biome/.gitignore
rename to libs/create-qwikdev-astro/stubs/templates/deno-biome/gitignore
diff --git a/libs/create-qwikdev-astro/stubs/templates/deno/.gitignore b/libs/create-qwikdev-astro/stubs/templates/deno/gitignore
similarity index 100%
rename from libs/create-qwikdev-astro/stubs/templates/deno/.gitignore
rename to libs/create-qwikdev-astro/stubs/templates/deno/gitignore
diff --git a/libs/create-qwikdev-astro/stubs/templates/node-biome/.gitignore b/libs/create-qwikdev-astro/stubs/templates/node-biome/gitignore
similarity index 100%
rename from libs/create-qwikdev-astro/stubs/templates/node-biome/.gitignore
rename to libs/create-qwikdev-astro/stubs/templates/node-biome/gitignore
diff --git a/libs/create-qwikdev-astro/stubs/templates/node/.gitignore b/libs/create-qwikdev-astro/stubs/templates/node/gitignore
similarity index 100%
rename from libs/create-qwikdev-astro/stubs/templates/node/.gitignore
rename to libs/create-qwikdev-astro/stubs/templates/node/gitignore
diff --git a/libs/create-qwikdev-astro/stubs/templates/none-biome/.gitignore b/libs/create-qwikdev-astro/stubs/templates/none-biome/gitignore
similarity index 100%
rename from libs/create-qwikdev-astro/stubs/templates/none-biome/.gitignore
rename to libs/create-qwikdev-astro/stubs/templates/none-biome/gitignore
diff --git a/libs/create-qwikdev-astro/stubs/templates/none/.gitignore b/libs/create-qwikdev-astro/stubs/templates/none/gitignore
similarity index 100%
rename from libs/create-qwikdev-astro/stubs/templates/none/.gitignore
rename to libs/create-qwikdev-astro/stubs/templates/none/gitignore
diff --git a/libs/qwikdev-astro/package.json b/libs/qwikdev-astro/package.json
index 23037b98..5f55c69e 100644
--- a/libs/qwikdev-astro/package.json
+++ b/libs/qwikdev-astro/package.json
@@ -40,12 +40,7 @@
     "./utils": "./src/utils.ts",
     "./q-astro-manifest.json": "./q-astro-manifest.json"
   },
-  "files": [
-    "src",
-    "src/index.ts",
-    "server.ts",
-    "env.d.ts"
-  ],
+  "files": ["src", "src/index.ts", "server.ts", "env.d.ts"],
   "keywords": [
     "astro-integration",
     "astro-component",