cp: не может stat '~./project_name/*': нет такого файла или каталога

Проект находится на ветке main. Развертывание на gh-страницах ветки из пути: ~./project_name/output при нажатии на main. Система: ubuntu 20.04 до wsl2. Какие пути (параметры) должны быть указаны для команды cp -r для автоматического развертывания на страницах github? Из журнала:

      Push
Run run: |
/home/runner/work/_temp/9db87e3f-eb64-4189-a66b-8e958587ada6.sh: line 1: run:: command not found
warning: re-init: ignored --initial-branch=gh-pades
Reinitialized existing Git repository in /home/runner/work/project_name/project_name/.git/
cp: cannot stat '~./project_name/*': No such file or directory
Error: Process completed with exit code 1.

содержимое файла ~./имя_проекта/. гитхаб/рабочие процессы/main.yml:

      name: Deploy to GitHub pages


on:
  push:
    branches:
      - main

jobs:
  deploy:
    environment: production
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    permissions:
      contents: write
      packages: write   
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
        with:
          persist-credentials: false # otherwise, the token used is the GITHUB_TOKEN, instead of your personal access token.
          fetch-depth: 0 # otherwise, there would be errors pushing refs to the destination repository.
      
      - name: Setup Ruby
        uses: ruby/setup-ruby@v1
        with:
          bundler-cache: true

      - name: Setup Node
        uses: actions/setup-node@v2
        with:
          node-version: "16"
          cache: "yarn"
      - run: yarn install

      - name: Build
        run: bin/bridgetown deploy

      - name: Push
        run: |
          run: |
          cd output
          git config --global user.email "useremail"
          git config --global user.name "username"
          git init --initial-branch=gh-pades
          touch ./.nojekyll
          cp -r ~./project_name/* ./
          git add -A
          git commit -m 'deploy'
          git push -f https://username:${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}@github.com/username/project_name.git gh-pages