sveltekit skeleton project file not found

[basaran]

Describe the bug

I'm posting this in reference to #2001. OP closed it but the report is complete and happening to different users after the merge from last night c554269

Reproduction

Please see #2001

Logs

No response

System Info

System:
    OS: Linux 5.12 Manjaro Linux
    CPU: (8) x64 AMD Ryzen 5 3400G with Radeon Vega Graphics
    Memory: 4.06 GB / 29.31 GB
    Container: Yes
    Shell: 5.8 - /bin/zsh
  Binaries:
    Node: 16.0.0 - ~/.nvm/versions/node/v16.0.0/bin/node
    Yarn: 1.22.10 - ~/.nvm/versions/node/v16.0.0/bin/yarn
    npm: 7.10.0 - ~/.nvm/versions/node/v16.0.0/bin/npm
  Browsers:
    Chromium: 91.0.4472.114

Severity

blocking all usage of SvelteKit

Additional Information

No response

[Conduitry]

Closing this in favor of #2001, where most of the discussion has already been happening. The issue has been reopened.