sbt new command fails with error on windows environment

[PashoQ]

steps

sbt version 1.3.12
Command sbt new scala/scala-seed.g8
Java AdoptOpenJDK Java 1.8.0_252

problem

when run command
sbt new scala/scala-seed.g8
It fails with error

stack trace

java.util.regex.PatternSyntaxException: Unexpected internal error near index 1
\
at java.util.regex.Pattern.error(Pattern.java:1969)
at java.util.regex.Pattern.compile(Pattern.java:1708)
at java.util.regex.Pattern.(Pattern.java:1352)
at java.util.regex.Pattern.compile(Pattern.java:1028)
at java.lang.String.split(String.java:2380)
at java.lang.String.split(String.java:2422)
at giter8.G8$.expandPath(g8.scala:212)
at giter8.G8$.$anonfun$writeTemplates$1(g8.scala:488)
at scala.collection.immutable.Stream.map(Stream.scala:418)
at giter8.G8$.writeTemplates(g8.scala:486)
at giter8.G8$.$anonfun$applyT$1(g8.scala:347)
at scala.util.Either$RightProjection.flatMap(Either.scala:701)
at giter8.G8$.applyT(g8.scala:330)
at giter8.G8$.fromDirectory(g8.scala:76)
at giter8.G8TemplateRenderer$.render(TemplateRenderer.scala:40)
at giter8.AppProcessor.process(giter8.scala:58)
at giter8.Runner.$anonfun$run$9(Runner.scala:54)
at scala.util.Either.flatMap(Either.scala:341)
at giter8.Runner.$anonfun$run$5(Runner.scala:51)
at scala.util.Either.flatMap(Either.scala:341)
at giter8.Runner.$anonfun$run$4(Runner.scala:50)
at scala.util.Either.flatMap(Either.scala:341)
at giter8.Runner.run(Runner.scala:49)
at giter8.Giter8.run(giter8.scala:33)
at giter8.Giter8.run(giter8.scala:30)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
at giter8.LauncherProcessor.call(LauncherMain.scala:113)
at giter8.LauncherProcessor.virtuallyRun(LauncherMain.scala:87)
at giter8.LauncherProcessor.process(LauncherMain.scala:38)
at giter8.Runner.$anonfun$run$9(Runner.scala:54)
at scala.util.Either.flatMap(Either.scala:341)
at giter8.Runner.$anonfun$run$5(Runner.scala:51)
at scala.util.Either.flatMap(Either.scala:341)
at giter8.Runner.$anonfun$run$4(Runner.scala:50)
at scala.util.Either.flatMap(Either.scala:341)
at giter8.Runner.run(Runner.scala:49)
at giter8.Runner.run(Runner.scala:75)
at sbtgiter8resolver.Giter8TemplateResolver.run(Giter8TemplateResolver.scala:34)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
at sbt.TemplateCommandUtil$.call(TemplateCommandUtil.scala:121)
at sbt.TemplateCommandUtil$.runTemplate(TemplateCommandUtil.scala:96)
at sbt.TemplateCommandUtil$.$anonfun$run$1(TemplateCommandUtil.scala:72)
at sbt.TemplateCommandUtil$.$anonfun$run$1$adapted(TemplateCommandUtil.scala:68)
at scala.collection.LinearSeqOptimized.find(LinearSeqOptimized.scala:115)
at scala.collection.LinearSeqOptimized.find$(LinearSeqOptimized.scala:112)
at scala.collection.immutable.List.find(List.scala:89)
at sbt.TemplateCommandUtil$.run(TemplateCommandUtil.scala:68)
at sbt.TemplateCommandUtil$.runTemplate(TemplateCommandUtil.scala:55)
at sbt.TemplateCommandUtil$.$anonfun$templateCommand$2(TemplateCommandUtil.scala:25)
at sbt.Command$.$anonfun$applyEffect$4(Command.scala:149)
at sbt.Command$.$anonfun$applyEffect$2(Command.scala:144)
at sbt.Command$.process(Command.scala:187)
at sbt.MainLoop$.process$1(MainLoop.scala:199)
at sbt.MainLoop$.processCommand(MainLoop.scala:233)
at sbt.MainLoop$.$anonfun$next$2(MainLoop.scala:147)
at sbt.State$StateOpsImpl$.runCmd$1(State.scala:273)
at sbt.State$StateOpsImpl$.process$extension(State.scala:277)
at sbt.MainLoop$.$anonfun$next$1(MainLoop.scala:147)
at sbt.internal.util.ErrorHandling$.wideConvert(ErrorHandling.scala:19)
at sbt.MainLoop$.next(MainLoop.scala:147)
at sbt.MainLoop$.run(MainLoop.scala:138)
at sbt.MainLoop$.$anonfun$runWithNewLog$1(MainLoop.scala:116)
at sbt.io.Using.apply(Using.scala:27)
at sbt.MainLoop$.runWithNewLog(MainLoop.scala:110)
at sbt.MainLoop$.runAndClearLast(MainLoop.scala:65)
at sbt.MainLoop$.runLoggedLoop(MainLoop.scala:50)
at sbt.MainLoop$.runLogged(MainLoop.scala:41)
at sbt.StandardMain$.runManaged(Main.scala:132)
at sbt.xMain$.run(Main.scala:67)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
at sbt.internal.XMainConfiguration.run(XMainConfiguration.scala:45)
at sbt.xMain.run(Main.scala:39)
at xsbt.boot.Launch$$anonfun$run$1.apply(Launch.scala:111)
at xsbt.boot.Launch$.withContextLoader(Launch.scala:130)
at xsbt.boot.Launch$.run(Launch.scala:111)
at xsbt.boot.Launch$$anonfun$apply$1.apply(Launch.scala:37)
at xsbt.boot.Launch$.launch(Launch.scala:119)
at xsbt.boot.Launch$.apply(Launch.scala:20)
at xsbt.boot.Boot$.runImpl(Boot.scala:56)
at xsbt.boot.Boot$.main(Boot.scala:18)
at xsbt.boot.Boot.main(Boot.scala)

expectation

It should generate project template on Windows

notes

same command works on Llinux as expected and generates template just fine

[PashoQ]

Looking into the last code changes in the repository it seems issue is fixed already in PR #462.
When you could expect to make release version?