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ENOTDIR error on starter project

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Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
javascript
Domain
cli

Research direction

Start with the getting-started documentation link and reproduce the starter-project setup using the aws-node-http-api template URL. Check whether the generated v4.html path causes the ENOTDIR failure, then confirm the setup completes successfully or identify the documentation or template path that needs correction.

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Description

first time setup and following the docs, I get this error:

✖ Error: Failed to download and install template from 
https://github.com/serverless/examples/tree/v4/aws-node-http-api due to ENOTDIR:     
not a directory, scandir '/var/folders/68/g88n080n5zl1sc24dvp1bk400000gp/T/examples/v4.html/aws-node-http-api'

https://www.serverless.com/framework/docs/getting-started#create-a-service

Is it the v4.html path part?
I am pushing and pulling from Github.

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