Bug: zksync-cli create returns fatal error

[stpinkie]

Description

The zksync-cli create function is no longer working properly. When called, a fatal error is returned, possibly an issue with a git clone.

✖ Failed to clone template
ⓘ There was an error while creating new project:
ⓘ Command exited with code 129: fatal: Too many arguments.

Steps to reproduce

1. Install zksync-cli. Tested using yarn and npm
2. Run npx zksync-cli create and follow interactive prompts
3. Terminal returns fatal error.

🖥️ Environment

• Package version: 1.12.1
• Node version: node v22.13.1
• NPM/Yarn version: npm 10.9.2
• Operating System & Version: Windows 11 24H2

Additional Info

The original documentation that outlined this function for preparing solidity dev environments for deploying to EraVM is no longer accessible.

The original documentation was previously accessible at https://docs.zksync.io/zksync-era/tooling/hardhat/plugins/hardhat-zksync-deploy.html