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-            "time": "2024-09-25T14:20:29+00:00"
+            "time": "2025-04-25T09:37:31+00:00"
         },
         {
             "name": "symfony/string",
-            "version": "v7.2.6",
+            "version": "v7.3.0",
             "source": {
                 "type": "git",
                 "url": "https://github.com/symfony/string.git",
-                "reference": "a214fe7d62bd4df2a76447c67c6b26e1d5e74931"
+                "reference": "f3570b8c61ca887a9e2938e85cb6458515d2b125"
             },
             "dist": {
                 "type": "zip",
-                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/symfony/string/zipball/a214fe7d62bd4df2a76447c67c6b26e1d5e74931",
-                "reference": "a214fe7d62bd4df2a76447c67c6b26e1d5e74931",
+                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/symfony/string/zipball/f3570b8c61ca887a9e2938e85cb6458515d2b125",
+                "reference": "f3570b8c61ca887a9e2938e85cb6458515d2b125",
                 "shasum": ""
             },
             "require": {
@@ -2988,7 +3000,7 @@
                 "utf8"
             ],
             "support": {
-                "source": "https://github.com/symfony/string/tree/v7.2.6"
+                "source": "https://github.com/symfony/string/tree/v7.3.0"
             },
             "funding": [
                 {
@@ -3004,7 +3016,7 @@
                     "type": "tidelift"
                 }
             ],
-            "time": "2025-04-20T20:18:16+00:00"
+            "time": "2025-04-20T20:19:01+00:00"
         },
         {
             "name": "theseer/tokenizer",
@@ -3059,7 +3071,7 @@
     ],
     "aliases": [],
     "minimum-stability": "dev",
-    "stability-flags": [],
+    "stability-flags": {},
     "prefer-stable": true,
     "prefer-lowest": false,
     "platform": {
@@ -3068,6 +3080,6 @@
         "ext-mbstring": "*",
         "ext-json": "*"
     },
-    "platform-dev": [],
+    "platform-dev": {},
     "plugin-api-version": "2.6.0"
 }
diff --git a/templates/cli/lib/commands/init.js.twig b/templates/cli/lib/commands/init.js.twig
index e045ba114..b59b84122 100644
--- a/templates/cli/lib/commands/init.js.twig
+++ b/templates/cli/lib/commands/init.js.twig
@@ -381,8 +381,6 @@ const initSite = async () => {
 
     if(selected.template === './') {
         gitCloneCommands = `
-            mkdir -p .
-            cd .
             git init
             git remote add origin ${repo}
             git config --global init.defaultBranch main
@@ -391,13 +389,10 @@ const initSite = async () => {
         `.trim();
     } else {
         gitCloneCommands = `
-            mkdir -p .
-            cd .
             git init
             git remote add origin ${repo}
             git config --global init.defaultBranch main
             git config core.sparseCheckout true
-            echo "${sparse}" >> .git/info/sparse-checkout
             git config --add remote.origin.fetch '+refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/*'
             git config remote.origin.tagopt --no-tags
             git fetch --depth=1 origin refs/tags/$(git ls-remote --tags origin "${templateDetails.providerVersion}" | tail -n 1 | awk -F '/' '{print $3}')
@@ -410,6 +405,19 @@ const initSite = async () => {
         gitCloneCommands = 'cmd /c "' + gitCloneCommands + '"';
     }
 
+    if (!fs.existsSync(templatesDir)) {
+        fs.mkdirSync(templatesDir, { recursive: true });
+    }
+
+    if (selected.template !== './') {
+        const sparseCheckoutPath = path.join(templatesDir, '.git', 'info', 'sparse-checkout');
+        const sparseCheckoutDir = path.dirname(sparseCheckoutPath);
+        if (!fs.existsSync(sparseCheckoutDir)) {
+            fs.mkdirSync(sparseCheckoutDir, { recursive: true });
+        }
+        fs.writeFileSync(sparseCheckoutPath, sparse);
+    }
+
     /*  Execute the child process but do not print any std output */
     try {
         childProcess.execSync(gitCloneCommands, { stdio: 'pipe', cwd: templatesDir });
diff --git a/templates/cli/lib/commands/pull.js.twig b/templates/cli/lib/commands/pull.js.twig
index 89d0beadc..8980dc922 100644
--- a/templates/cli/lib/commands/pull.js.twig
+++ b/templates/cli/lib/commands/pull.js.twig
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ const { localConfig } = require("../config");
 const { paginate } = require("../paginate");
 const { questionsPullCollection, questionsPullFunctions, questionsPullFunctionsCode, questionsPullSites, questionsPullSitesCode, questionsPullResources } = require("../questions");
 const { cliConfig, success, log, warn, actionRunner, commandDescriptions } = require("../parser");
+const path = require("path");
 
 const pullResources = async () => {
     const actions = {
@@ -158,7 +159,7 @@ const pullFunctions = async ({ code, withVariables }) => {
         fs.rmSync(compressedFileName);
 
         if (withVariables) {
-            const envFileLocation = `${func['path']}/.env`
+            const envFileLocation = path.join(func['path'], '.env')
             try {
                 fs.rmSync(envFileLocation);
             } catch {
@@ -271,7 +272,7 @@ const pullSites = async ({ code, withVariables }) => {
         fs.rmSync(compressedFileName);
 
         if (withVariables) {
-            const envFileLocation = `${site['path']}/.env`
+            const envFileLocation = path.join(site['path'], '.env')
             try {
                 fs.rmSync(envFileLocation);
             } catch {
diff --git a/templates/cli/lib/commands/push.js.twig b/templates/cli/lib/commands/push.js.twig
index d52a65fca..fc22747f4 100644
--- a/templates/cli/lib/commands/push.js.twig
+++ b/templates/cli/lib/commands/push.js.twig
@@ -1209,7 +1209,7 @@ const pushSite = async({ siteId, async, code, withVariables } = { returnOnZero:
                 });
             }));
 
-            const envFileLocation = `${site['path']}/.env`;
+            const envFileLocation = path.join(site['path'], '.env');
             let envVariables = [];
             try {
                 if (fs.existsSync(envFileLocation)) {
@@ -1530,7 +1530,7 @@ const pushFunction = async ({ functionId, async, code, withVariables } = { retur
                 });
             }));
 
-            const envFileLocation = `${func['path']}/.env`;
+            const envFileLocation = path.join(func['path'], '.env');
             let envVariables = [];
             try {
                 if (fs.existsSync(envFileLocation)) {