NPM install cannot find package.json

Question

I configured a workflow on Github and while running npm install it gives this error:

npm WARN saveError ENOENT: no such file or directory, open '/home/runner/work/project/project/package.json'
npm notice created a lockfile as package-lock.json. You should commit this file.
npm WARN enoent ENOENT: no such file or directory, open '/home/runner/work/project/project/package.json'
npm WARN restaurateur No description
npm WARN restaurateur No repository field.
npm WARN restaurateur No README data
npm WARN restaurateur No license field.

As I understand this error implies that the npm install command cannot find the package.json file, however, I checked and package.json is visible in my project.

How can I solve this problem?

This is the .yml file I created

name: project-folder

on:
  push:
    paths: project-folder**
    branches: [main]
  pull_request:
    paths: project-folder/**
    branches: [main]
  
jobs:
  build:

    runs-on: ubuntu-latest

    strategy:
      matrix:
        node-version: [10.x, 12.x, 14.x, 15.x]
        # See supported Node.js release schedule at https://nodejs.org/en/about/releases/

    steps:
    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
    - name: Use Node.js ${{ matrix.node-version }}
      uses: actions/setup-node@v1
      with:
        node-version: ${{ matrix.node-version }}
    
    - name: Install dependencies
      run: npm install

    - name: Run the tests
      run: npm test

    - name: Build
      run: npm run build

Answer 1

run npm init command to create package.json