podTemplate(label: "test", containers: [
    containerTemplate(name: 'golang', image: "golang:1.8", ttyEnabled: true, command: 'cat'
    )
]) {
    node("test") {
        stage("mk build path") {
            container(name: "golang") {
                sh "ls -al /go/src"
                sh "mkdir -p /go/src/github.com/"
            }
        }
        stage("use build path") {
            container(name: "golang") {
                sh "ls -al /go/src/github.com/"
                
                //fails
                dir("/go/src/github.com/") {
                    sh "pwd"
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

+ ls -al /go/src
total 8
drwxrwxrwx 2 root root 4096 Jul 26 05:14 .
drwxrwxrwx 4 root root 4096 Aug  2 16:05 ..
+ mkdir -p /go/src/github.com/
+ ls -al /go/src/github.com/
total 8
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Aug  8 08:24 .
drwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4096 Aug  8 08:24 ..
[Pipeline] dir
Running in /go/src/github.com
....
java.io.IOException: Failed to mkdirs: /go/src/github.com
	at hudson.FilePath.mkdirs(FilePath.java:1170)
	at org.jenkinsci.plugins.durabletask.FileMonitoringTask$FileMonitoringController.<init>(FileMonitoringTask.java:113)
	at org.jenkinsci.plugins.durabletask.BourneShellScript$ShellController.<init>(BourneShellScript.java:167)
	at org.jenkinsci.plugins.durabletask.BourneShellScript$ShellController.<init>(BourneShellScript.java:161)
	at org.jenkinsci.plugins.durabletask.BourneShellScript.launchWithCookie(BourneShellScript.java:90)
	at org.jenkinsci.plugins.durabletask.FileMonitoringTask.launch(FileMonitoringTask.java:64)
	at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.steps.durable_task.DurableTaskStep$Execution.start(DurableTaskStep.java:167)
	at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.cps.DSL.invokeStep(DSL.java:224)
	at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.cps.DSL.invokeMethod(DSL.java:150)
	at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.cps.CpsScript.invokeMethod(CpsScript.java:108)
	at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor1117.invoke(Unknown Source)
	at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
	at org.codehaus.groovy.reflection.CachedMethod.invoke(CachedMethod.java:93)
	at groovy.lang.MetaMethod.doMethodInvoke(MetaMethod.java:325)
	at groovy.lang.MetaClassImpl.invokeMethod(MetaClassImpl.java:1218)
	at groovy.lang.MetaClassImpl.invokeMethod(MetaClassImpl.java:1027)
	at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.PogoMetaClassSite.call(PogoMetaClassSite.java:42)
	at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.CallSiteArray.defaultCall(CallSiteArray.java:48)
	at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.AbstractCallSite.call(AbstractCallSite.java:113)
	at org.kohsuke.groovy.sandbox.impl.Checker$1.call(Checker.java:151)
	at org.kohsuke.groovy.sandbox.GroovyInterceptor.onMethodCall(GroovyInterceptor.java:21)
	at org.jenkinsci.plugins.scriptsecurity.sandbox.groovy.SandboxInterceptor.onMethodCall(SandboxInterceptor.java:115)
	at org.kohsuke.groovy.sandbox.impl.Checker$1.call(Checker.java:149)
	at org.kohsuke.groovy.sandbox.impl.Checker.checkedCall(Checker.java:146)
	at org.kohsuke.groovy.sandbox.impl.Checker.checkedCall(Checker.java:123)
	at org.kohsuke.groovy.sandbox.impl.Checker.checkedCall(Checker.java:123)
	at org.kohsuke.groovy.sandbox.impl.Checker.checkedCall(Checker.java:123)
	at org.kohsuke.groovy.sandbox.impl.Checker.checkedCall(Checker.java:123)
	at org.kohsuke.groovy.sandbox.impl.Checker.checkedCall(Checker.java:123)
	at com.cloudbees.groovy.cps.sandbox.SandboxInvoker.methodCall(SandboxInvoker.java:16)
	at WorkflowScript.run(WorkflowScript:17)
	at ___cps.transform___(Native Method)
	at com.cloudbees.groovy.cps.impl.ContinuationGroup.methodCall(ContinuationGroup.java:57)
	at com.cloudbees.groovy.cps.impl.FunctionCallBlock$ContinuationImpl.dispatchOrArg(FunctionCallBlock.java:109)
	at com.cloudbees.groovy.cps.impl.FunctionCallBlock$ContinuationImpl.fixArg(FunctionCallBlock.java:82)
	at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor356.invoke(Unknown Source)
	at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
	at com.cloudbees.groovy.cps.impl.ContinuationPtr$ContinuationImpl.receive(ContinuationPtr.java:72)
	at com.cloudbees.groovy.cps.impl.ConstantBlock.eval(ConstantBlock.java:21)
	at com.cloudbees.groovy.cps.Next.step(Next.java:83)
	at com.cloudbees.groovy.cps.Continuable$1.call(Continuable.java:173)
	at com.cloudbees.groovy.cps.Continuable$1.call(Continuable.java:162)
	at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.GroovyCategorySupport$ThreadCategoryInfo.use(GroovyCategorySupport.java:122)
	at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.GroovyCategorySupport.use(GroovyCategorySupport.java:261)
	at com.cloudbees.groovy.cps.Continuable.run0(Continuable.java:162)
	at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.cps.SandboxContinuable.access$001(SandboxContinuable.java:19)
	at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.cps.SandboxContinuable$1.call(SandboxContinuable.java:35)
	at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.cps.SandboxContinuable$1.call(SandboxContinuable.java:32)
	at org.jenkinsci.plugins.scriptsecurity.sandbox.groovy.GroovySandbox.runInSandbox(GroovySandbox.java:108)
	at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.cps.SandboxContinuable.run0(SandboxContinuable.java:32)
	at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.cps.CpsThread.runNextChunk(CpsThread.java:174)
	at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.cps.CpsThreadGroup.run(CpsThreadGroup.java:330)
	at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.cps.CpsThreadGroup.access$100(CpsThreadGroup.java:82)
	at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.cps.CpsThreadGroup$2.call(CpsThreadGroup.java:242)
	at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.cps.CpsThreadGroup$2.call(CpsThreadGroup.java:230)
	at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.cps.CpsVmExecutorService$2.call(CpsVmExecutorService.java:64)
	at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:266)
	at hudson.remoting.SingleLaneExecutorService$1.run(SingleLaneExecutorService.java:112)
	at jenkins.util.ContextResettingExecutorService$1.run(ContextResettingExecutorService.java:28)
	at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:511)
	at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:266)
	at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1142)
	at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:617)
	at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745)
Finished: FAILURE