Invoke-PnPSiteTemplate - Import Directory failed on MacOS

[salascz]

Hello, there seems to be an issue with importing the whole directory on non Windows system.

I am using following declaration in my template.xml file:

<pnp:Files>
  <pnp:Directory Src="files" Folder="SiteAssets/Data" Overwrite="true" Level="Published" />
</pnp:Files>

The operation failed with error: An error occurred: Value cannot be null. (Parameter 'clientObject')

Trace Log:

[PnP.Framework]	[0]	[Error]	ExecuteQuery threw following exception: Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.ServerException: The file or folder name "SiteAssets/Data/files\test-file.html" contains invalid characters. Please use a different name. Common invalid characters include the following: # % * : < > ? /  |
   at Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.ClientRequest.ProcessResponseStream(Stream responseStream)
   at Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.ClientRequest.ProcessResponse()
   at Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.ClientRequest.ExecuteQueryToServerAsync(ChunkStringBuilder sb)
   at Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.ClientRequest.ExecuteQueryAsync()
   at Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.ClientRuntimeContext.ExecuteQueryAsync()
   at Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.ClientContext.ExecuteQueryAsync()
   at Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.ClientContextExtensions.ExecuteQueryImplementation(ClientRuntimeContext clientContext, Int32 retryCount, String userAgent)

Please note, there seems to be backslash symbol used in file path...

Expected behavior

I should be able to import the directory from MacOS similar to Windows

What is the version of the Cmdlet module you are running?

PnP.PowerShell version 2.3.0

[maxali]

Facing the same issue. PnP.PowerShell version 2.4.0