npm fails install of nativescript on btrfs

From @KatsuoRyuu on September 10, 2018 11:33

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Tell us about the problem

My docker automated build server is failing to install NativeScript

npm install -g nativescript

Which platform(s) does your issue occur on?

NPM

Please provide the following version numbers that your issue occurs with:

Fails on nativescript install through NPM

Please tell us how to recreate the issue in as much detail as possible.

Create docker container
Install node using curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_10.x | bash -
run npm install -g nativescript

Output:

npm WARN enoent ENOENT: no such file or directory, open '/package.json'
npm WARN nativescript No description
npm WARN nativescript No repository field.
npm WARN nativescript No README data
npm WARN nativescript No license field.

npm ERR! path /node_modules/.nativescript.DELETE/node_modules/sinon
npm ERR! code ENOENT
npm ERR! errno -2
npm ERR! syscall rename
npm ERR! enoent ENOENT: no such file or directory, rename '/node_modules/.nativescript.DELETE/node_modules/sinon' -> '/node_modules/nativescript/node_modules/sinon'
npm ERR! enoent This is related to npm not being able to find a file.
npm ERR! enoent 

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR!     /root/.npm/_logs/2018-09-10T11_06_17_384Z-debug.log

Is there code involved? If so, please share the minimal amount of code needed to recreate the problem.

Part of installation of nativescript so no code needed.

Copied from original issue: NativeScript/NativeScript#6252

Reproduce the Docker installation sequence using the NodeSource setup command and npm install -g nativescript, preferably on btrfs. Start with the reported npm rename failure involving node_modules/.nativescript.DELETE and sinon; the issue is done when the documented installation completes successfully without that error.