[Bug] Unable to include folder/dir as deps in elyra pipeline

[harshad16]

Using elyra plugin to create a pipeline, when trying to introduce the file system as dependencies.
The inclusion of single files works as expected, however, when trying to include a folder/directory, the elyra send out an error.
Example:

Error details:
{
  "severity": 1,
  "source": "Elyra Pipeline Validation Service",
  "type": "invalidFilePath",
  "message": "Property has an invalid path to a file/dir or the file/dir does not exist.",
  "data": {
    "nodeID": "8c333f6c-f21f-4061-a00a-098cd80c0f81",
    "nodeName": "test.ipynb",
    "propertyName": "dependencies",
    "value": "/opt/app-root/src/test/test"
  }

Even though the directory exists:

This disables users' ability to include there filesystem from a directory.

Upstream issue: elyra-ai/elyra#3181

Acceptance criteria

Dev:

• Based on docs the directory is allowed, Fix the validation here

QA:

• Extend pipeline execution to include the file dependency kinda pipelines. here

Docs:

Known issues:

• Include a release note about this issue with a workaround solution.

Resolved: None

[harshad16]

Workaround:
Clone the repo (if on git) or download the folder on runtime in the pipeline to use it.