Set npm prefix for global installs

Needed because we now run as a non-root user under docker. Fixes #7
alexeagle · Jan 5, 2018 · 2109310 · 2109310
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@@ -59,4 +59,11 @@ RUN git clone https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel.git \
 
 USER circleci
 
-ENTRYPOINT ["/bin/bash"]
+###
+# Fix up npm global installation
+# See https://docs.npmjs.com/getting-started/fixing-npm-permissions
+RUN mkdir ~/.npm-global \
+ && npm config set prefix '~/.npm-global' \
+ && echo "export PATH=~/.npm-global/bin:$PATH" >> ~/.profile
+
+ENTRYPOINT ["/bin/bash", "--login"]