How to deploy application code to ElasticBeanstalk with CDK

[DimitriosKay]

Following this walkthrough of the Pipeline setup:
https://www.buildon.aws/tutorials/deploy-webapp-eb-cdk
(Open to alternative methods of deploying application code to ElasticBeanstalk when cdk and the app code are in a mono-repo (cdk is in a subfolder under the original app directory))

I have two stacks which set up infra for:

1. CodePipeline
2. ElasticBeanstalk

My file structure in repo (and when Pipeline construct pulls it down) is:

  root (where my app's package.json is)
     -- infra (where all of cdk is)
     -- others

Problem I'm facing is:

when I try to call the Asset module (as suggested in the tutorial above), it does not allow me to get back to where the folder pulled down by the pipeline construct is.

Snippet example:
"git_repo_name" translates to where the Pipeline construct should be pulling to

const AddressbookApiZipArchive = new Asset(this, `${apiName}Zip`, {
  path: `${__dirname}/../../../git_repo_name`
});

Error observed when I try to set the path outside of the current directory:

Error: EPERM: operation not permitted, lstat 'xxx\root\infra\cdk.out\asset.fed10dfa61a9f62ac623f44df32746d8e161d2d427b375326095b59f852460ac\cdk.out\asset.fed10dfa61a9f62ac623f44df32746d8e161d2d427b375326095b59f852460ac\cdk.out\asset.fed10dfa61a9f62ac623f44df32746d8e161d2d427b375326095b59f852460ac\cdk.out\[... repeating pattern]