The command above fetches the HEAD of the template repo and searches for Forc.toml at the root of the fetched repo. It will fetch the repo and prepare a new Forc.toml with the new project name. Outputs everything to current_dir/project_name.
The command above fetches the HEAD of the sway repo and searches for counter example inside it (there is an example called counter under sway/examples). It will fetch the counter example and prepare a new Forc.toml with the new project name. Outputs everything to current_dir/project_name.