diff --git a/Sources/XCResource/Shared/Shell.swift b/Sources/XCResource/Shared/Shell.swift
index 8c5156b..9ef129a 100644
--- a/Sources/XCResource/Shared/Shell.swift
+++ b/Sources/XCResource/Shared/Shell.swift
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ public struct GitReference {
 
 enum ShellCommand {
     case open(path: String)
-    case gitDownload(url: String, reference: GitReference, destination: String)
+    case gitDownload(url: URL, reference: GitReference, destination: URL)
 }
 
 class Shell {
@@ -56,9 +56,20 @@ private extension ShellCommand {
     func shell() -> String {
         switch self {
         case let .gitDownload(url, reference, destination):
-            return "git clone -b '\(reference.name)' --single-branch --depth 1 \(url) \(destination)"
+            return "git clone -b '\(reference.name)' --single-branch --depth 1 \(url.toString()) \(destination.toString())"
         case let .open(path):
             return "open \(path)"
         }
     }
 }
+
+private extension URL {
+
+    func toString() -> String {
+        if isFileURL {
+            return path // we remove the file: prefix
+        } else {
+            return absoluteString
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Sources/XCResource/XCSnippet/XCSnippetDownloadingStrategy.swift b/Sources/XCResource/XCSnippet/XCSnippetDownloadingStrategy.swift
index e611ff7..4326b6f 100644
--- a/Sources/XCResource/XCSnippet/XCSnippetDownloadingStrategy.swift
+++ b/Sources/XCResource/XCSnippet/XCSnippetDownloadingStrategy.swift
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ struct GitSourceSnippetDownloadingStrategy: XCSnippetDownloadingStrategy {
             try? fileManager.removeItem(at: tmp)
         }
         try Shell().execute(
-            .gitDownload(url: url.absoluteString, reference: reference, destination: tmp.path)
+            .gitDownload(url: url, reference: reference, destination: tmp)
         )
         let snippetsDirectoryURL = tmp.appendingPathComponent(folderPath)
         let snippetURLs = try fileManager.contentsOfDirectory(at: snippetsDirectoryURL)
diff --git a/Sources/XCResource/XCTemplate/XCTemplateFolderDownloadingStrategyFactory.swift b/Sources/XCResource/XCTemplate/XCTemplateFolderDownloadingStrategyFactory.swift
index 2a81347..9c17eec 100644
--- a/Sources/XCResource/XCTemplate/XCTemplateFolderDownloadingStrategyFactory.swift
+++ b/Sources/XCResource/XCTemplate/XCTemplateFolderDownloadingStrategyFactory.swift
@@ -42,9 +42,9 @@ struct GitSourceDownloadingStrategy: XCTemplateFolderDownloadingStrategy {
         }
         try Shell().execute(
             .gitDownload(
-                url: url.path,
+                url: url,
                 reference: reference,
-                destination: tmp.path
+                destination: tmp
             )
         )
         let folder = try templateManager.templateFolder(at: tmp.appendingPathComponent(folderPath))