npm test fails for default skeleton project

[makareth]

Is this a bug report?

Yes, this is a bug regarding the default skeleton testing capability not working.
This seems to differ from github issues #4787 and #5210.

Did you try recovering your dependencies?

Yes, removed :
* node_modules
* package-lock.json
* (there was no yarn file, I'm using npm only)

Then :

    npm install -g npm@latest
    npm install

This installed npm v6.5.0.
But npm test yield same result than before.

npm --version
6.5.0

Which terms did you search for in User Guide?

npm test
test
package.json

Environment

Environment Info:

  System:
    OS: Linux 4.15 Ubuntu 16.04.5 LTS (Xenial Xerus)
    CPU: x64 Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2670QM CPU @ 2.20GHz
  Binaries:
    Node: 10.14.2 - ~/node-v10.14.2-linux-x64/bin/node
    npm: 6.5.0 - ~/node-v10.14.2-linux-x64/bin/npm
  Browsers:
    Chrome: 70.0.3538.102
    Firefox: 64.0
  npmPackages:
    react: ^16.7.0 => 16.7.0 
    react-dom: ^16.7.0 => 16.7.0 
    react-scripts: 2.1.2 => 2.1.2 
  npmGlobalPackages:
    create-react-app: 2.1.1

Steps to Reproduce

mkdir kk
cd kk
create-react-app my-react-app
cd my-react-app/
npm test

Expected Behavior

The expected result would be to have all tests succeeding. Here, looks like the tests can't be executed because the package.json file in ~/kkk/my-react-app is not found.

Actual Behavior

The result is :

 FAIL  src/App.test.js
  ● Test suite failed to run

    Cannot find module '/home/scoulibaly/package.json'

      at getBabelRC (node_modules/babel-jest/build/index.js:117:41)

Test Suites: 1 failed, 1 total
Tests:       0 total
Snapshots:   0 total
Time:        1.341s
Ran all test suites.

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### Reproducible Demo
The default project of create-react-app reproduces the issue.

[mrmckeb]

Hi @makareth, this is a strange issue. Can you confirm how you installed this project?

I'd also recommend not having a globally installed create-react-app and instead using either yarn create react-app or npx create-react-app to create a project.

[makareth]

@mrmckeb Yes, I confirm I installed the project in a brand new directory with create-react-app.
I tried your suggestion :

  mkdir kkk
   cd kkk
   npx create-react-app app
   cd app
   npm test

The very same output is yield :

 FAIL  src/App.test.js
  ● Test suite failed to run

    Cannot find module '/home/scoulibaly/package.json'

      at getBabelRC (node_modules/babel-jest/build/index.js:117:41)

Test Suites: 1 failed, 1 total
Tests:       0 total
Snapshots:   0 total
Time:        1.028s
Ran all test suites.

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