not able to handle folder starting with '.' on windows

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19:59:18 INFO # -------------------------------------------------- #
19:59:18 INFO # MetricMiner #
19:59:18 INFO # v2.0 #
19:59:18 INFO # www.metricminer.org.br #
19:59:18 INFO # -------------------------------------------------- #
19:59:18 INFO Starting engine: 04-13-2021 19:59:18
19:59:19 ERROR Some error ocurred
java.lang.RuntimeException: error when info d:\checkoutsFromGitRepositories\abc.vscode
at br.com.metricminer2.scm.GitRepository.info(GitRepository.java:104)
at br.com.metricminer2.scm.GitRepository.singleProject(GitRepository.java:74)
at br.com.metricminer2.scm.GitRepository.allProjectsIn(GitRepository.java:81)
at br.com.aniche.changemetrics.ChangeMetricsStudy.execute(ChangeMetricsStudy.java:44)
at br.com.metricminer2.MetricMiner2.start(MetricMiner2.java:45)
at br.com.aniche.changemetrics.ChangeMetricsStudy.main(ChangeMetricsStudy.java:34)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.jarinjarloader.JarRsrcLoader.main(JarRsrcLoader.java:58)
Caused by: org.eclipse.jgit.errors.RepositoryNotFoundException: repository not found: D:\checkoutsFromGitRepositories\abc.vscode
at org.eclipse.jgit.lib.BaseRepositoryBuilder.build(BaseRepositoryBuilder.java:575)
at org.eclipse.jgit.api.Git.open(Git.java:113)
at org.eclipse.jgit.api.Git.open(Git.java:97)
at br.com.metricminer2.scm.GitRepository.info(GitRepository.java:91)
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