hexo deploy TypeError [ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE]

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When deploy to GitHub pages, got the follow error

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NexT version 8.8.1
Documentation: https://theme-next.js.org
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INFO  Deploying: git
INFO  Clearing .deploy_git folder...
INFO  Copying files from public folder...
FATAL {
  err: TypeError [ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE]: The "mode" argument must be integer. Received an instance of Object
      at copyFile (node:fs:2774:10)

Found the root cause is node version is too high. downgraded to node12 will solve the issue.

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hexo -v                                    2 ↵  2791  23:55:19
INFO  Validating config
WARN  Deprecated config detected: "external_link" with a Boolean value is deprecated. See https://hexo.io/docs/configuration for more details.
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NexT version 8.8.1
Documentation: https://theme-next.js.org
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hexo: 5.4.0
hexo-cli: 2.0.0
os: Darwin 21.4.0 darwin x64
node: 16.13.1
v8: 9.4.146.24-node.14
uv: 1.42.0
zlib: 1.2.11
brotli: 1.0.9
ares: 1.18.1
modules: 93
nghttp2: 1.45.1
napi: 8
llhttp: 6.0.4
openssl: 1.1.1l+quic
cldr: 39.0
icu: 69.1
tz: 2021a
unicode: 13.0
ngtcp2: 0.1.0-DEV
nghttp3: 0.1.0-DEV

Run the following commands to downgrade node for MacOS

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brew search node                           
==> Formulae
libbitcoin-node    llnode             node-build         node@10            node@14            node_exporter      nodeenv            ode
linode-cli         node ✔             node-sass          node@12            node@16 ✔          nodebrew           nodenv

brew unlink node
brew install node@12
sudo brew link --overwrite node@12
or 
echo 'export PATH="/usr/local/opt/node@12/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.zshrc
source ~/.zshrc