First, as an alternative install this version of the Drupal Commerce:
composer create-project --repository=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/drugan/project-base/8.x/packages.json drugan/project-base some-dir --stability dev
If desired, you might not install it as a Drupal site, instead use it as a
repository for all other of your projects (local or remote) to pull from. After
composer installing open .gitignore
file in the root of a repo and replace its content