Can't get this to work at all

[lukepighetti]

I forked this repo, opened example, did npm install and npm pretest and i'm getting these errors

lukepighetti@Lukes-iMac example % npm run pretest

> [email protected] pretest
> tsc --lib es6 --outDir out --sourceMap index.ts test.ts

node_modules/@types/node/assert.d.ts:2:68 - error TS1144: '{' or ';' expected.

2     function assert(value: any, message?: string | Error): asserts value;
                                                                     ~~~~~


node_modules/@types/node/assert.d.ts:53:68 - error TS1144: '{' or ';' expected.

53         function ok(value: any, message?: string | Error): asserts value;
                                                                      ~~~~~


node_modules/@types/node/assert.d.ts:62:94 - error TS1144: '{' or ';' expected.

62         function strictEqual<T>(actual: any, expected: T, message?: string | Error): asserts actual is T;
                                                                                                ~~~~~~


node_modules/@types/node/assert.d.ts:62:101 - error TS1005: ';' expected.

62         function strictEqual<T>(actual: any, expected: T, message?: string | Error): asserts actual is T;
                                                                                                       ~~


node_modules/@types/node/assert.d.ts:62:104 - error TS1005: ';' expected.

62         function strictEqual<T>(actual: any, expected: T, message?: string | Error): asserts actual is T;
                                                                                                          ~


node_modules/@types/node/assert.d.ts:64:98 - error TS1144: '{' or ';' expected.

64         function deepStrictEqual<T>(actual: any, expected: T, message?: string | Error): asserts actual is T;
                                                                                                    ~~~~~~


node_modules/@types/node/assert.d.ts:64:105 - error TS1005: ';' expected.

64         function deepStrictEqual<T>(actual: any, expected: T, message?: string | Error): asserts actual is T;
                                                                                                           ~~


node_modules/@types/node/assert.d.ts:64:108 - error TS1005: ';' expected.

64         function deepStrictEqual<T>(actual: any, expected: T, message?: string | Error): asserts actual is T;
                                                                                                              ~


node_modules/@types/node/assert.d.ts:72:47 - error TS1144: '{' or ';' expected.

72         function ifError(value: any): asserts value is null | undefined;
                                                 ~~~~~


node_modules/@types/node/assert.d.ts:72:53 - error TS1005: ';' expected.

72         function ifError(value: any): asserts value is null | undefined;
                                                       ~~


node_modules/@types/node/assert.d.ts:72:56 - error TS1005: ';' expected.

72         function ifError(value: any): asserts value is null | undefined;
                                                          ~~~~


node_modules/@types/node/assert.d.ts:99:61 - error TS1005: ';' expected.

99             (value: any, message?: string | Error): asserts value;
                                                               ~~~~~


node_modules/@types/node/base.d.ts:10:1 - error TS1084: Invalid 'reference' directive syntax.

10 /// <reference lib="es2018" />
   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


node_modules/@types/node/base.d.ts:11:1 - error TS1084: Invalid 'reference' directive syntax.

11 /// <reference lib="esnext.asynciterable" />
   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


node_modules/@types/node/base.d.ts:12:1 - error TS1084: Invalid 'reference' directive syntax.

12 /// <reference lib="esnext.intl" />
   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


node_modules/@types/node/base.d.ts:13:1 - error TS1084: Invalid 'reference' directive syntax.

13 /// <reference lib="esnext.bigint" />
   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


node_modules/@types/node/ts3.4/base.d.ts:10:1 - error TS1084: Invalid 'reference' directive syntax.

10 /// <reference lib="es2018" />
   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


node_modules/@types/node/ts3.4/base.d.ts:11:1 - error TS1084: Invalid 'reference' directive syntax.

11 /// <reference lib="esnext.asynciterable" />
   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


node_modules/@types/node/ts3.4/base.d.ts:12:1 - error TS1084: Invalid 'reference' directive syntax.

12 /// <reference lib="esnext.intl" />
   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


node_modules/@types/node/ts3.4/base.d.ts:13:1 - error TS1084: Invalid 'reference' directive syntax.

13 /// <reference lib="esnext.bigint" />
   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


node_modules/@types/node/ts3.6/base.d.ts:10:1 - error TS1084: Invalid 'reference' directive syntax.

10 /// <reference lib="es2018" />
   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


node_modules/@types/node/ts3.6/base.d.ts:11:1 - error TS1084: Invalid 'reference' directive syntax.

11 /// <reference lib="esnext.asynciterable" />
   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


node_modules/@types/node/ts3.6/base.d.ts:12:1 - error TS1084: Invalid 'reference' directive syntax.

12 /// <reference lib="esnext.intl" />
   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


node_modules/@types/node/ts3.6/base.d.ts:13:1 - error TS1084: Invalid 'reference' directive syntax.

13 /// <reference lib="esnext.bigint" />
   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


npm ERR! code 2
npm ERR! path /private/tmp/vscode-code-coverage/example
npm ERR! command failed
npm ERR! command sh -c tsc --lib es6 --outDir out --sourceMap index.ts test.ts

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR!     /Users/lukepighetti/.npm/_logs/2021-01-23T23_03_37_049Z-debug.log