Accidental escape sequence included install directory on Windows platforms

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Hello everyone, I’m trying to setup GitHub workflow for the project I worked on CMakeForImGui, which adds CMake support for ImGui… anyway. The workflow file configures, builds and installs on different platforms, but having a problem at install step on Windows. The install path includes a ‘\a’ sequence, and caused this error:

 shell: C:\Program Files\PowerShell\7\pwsh.EXE -command ". '{0}'"
 ##[endgroup]
 [1/1] build/cmake_install.cmake
 CMake Error at build/cmake_install.cmake:36 (file):
   Syntax error in cmake code at

     D:/a/CMakeForImGui/CMakeForImGui/build/cmake_install.cmake:36

   when parsing string

     D:\a\CMakeForImGui\CMakeForImGui/imgui/docs

   Invalid character escape '\a'.

There is this Stack Overflow question seem to solves it. I worked it out by changing this:

install(DIRECTORY ${_imgui_dir}/docs DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_DATADIR}/Dear\ ImGui)

to this:

cmake_path(CONVERT ${_imgui_dir}/docs TO_CMAKE_PATH_LIST _imgui_docs_dir)
install(DIRECTORY ${_imgui_docs_dir} DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_DATADIR}/Dear\ ImGui)

but now it fails on the other path :slight_smile:

My question is, is this a known thing on Windows that needs to worked out by converting all the install paths with cmake_path() command (or with $<PATH:CMAKE_PATH > generator expression) or did i just hit an weird path appear on this runner machine?