When using the path "./" or ".\" to retrieve a directory, an error stating that the path is not of a legal form is thrown by the .NET implementation.

[Meertman]

What You Are Seeing?

When retrieving a directory from disk, using the following code
var directoryPath = new DirectoryPath("./"); (or new DirectoryPath(@"."))
var directory = context.FileSystem.GetDirectory(directoryPath);

the following error is thrown:
Error: System.ArgumentException: The path is not of a legal form.
at System.IO.Path.LegacyNormalizePath(String path, Boolean fullCheck, Int32 maxPathLength, Boolean expandShortPaths)
at System.IO.Path.GetFullPathInternal(String path)
at System.IO.DirectoryInfo.Init(String path, Boolean checkHost)
at Cake.Core.IO.Directory..ctor(DirectoryPath path)
at Cake.Core.IO.FileSystem.GetDirectory(DirectoryPath path)

What is Expected?

The retrieval of the directory from disk.

What version of Cake are you using?

I've seen this error occur on 0.29 and 0.33

Are you running on a 32 or 64 bit system?

We are running a 64-bit system.

What environment are you running on? Windows? Linux? Mac?

We are running on Windows.

Are you running on a CI Server? If so, which one?

The issue occurs both on our build server (TeamCity), as well as on our local machines.

[Meertman]

Created a gist containing a unit-test (using NUnit) that can be used to test for the issue:
https://gist.github.com/Meertman/ef6461c2adee967117f6500811bbe697