what happened

1. command I use

vue init -c github:git.company.com:User/webpack-simple

2. I expected the vue-cli clones the git repo from the specific URL to initiate a new project.

3. but after answering the questions, it returns the following error:

vue-cli · Local template "git.company.com:User/webpack-simple" not found.

why it happens

I've checked the bin/vue-init file,
It seems like it's a conflict with the local template test, at here:
https://github.com/vuejs/vue-cli/blob/master/bin/vue-init#L93-L94

./ - for Linux CWD,
\w: - for Windows Disk Volume?

But it DO CONFLICT with the given argument,
because the download-git-repo doc says:

... you can also specify a custom host like gitlab:custom.com:owner/name. Feel free to submit an issue or pull request for additional host options.

In my case, I simply modified the file to bypass the local template testing:

#L94    if (!clone && /^[./]|(\w:)/.test(template)) {

Because I don't know how to exactly test the local template path(so many scenarios), so this is an issue instead of PR.