Merge pull request #295 from DanielleSucher/create_parent_directories_as_needed

Create parent directories as needed when creating or copying nested nodes

lib/nerdtree/path.vim

@@ -145,6 +145,7 @@ function! s:Path.Create(fullpath)
 
         "assume its a file and create
         else
+            call s:Path.createParentDirectories(a:fullpath)
             call writefile([], a:fullpath)
         endif
     catch
@@ -165,6 +166,8 @@ function! s:Path.copy(dest)
         throw "NERDTree.CopyingNotSupportedError: Copying is not supported on this OS"
     endif
 
+    call s:Path.createParentDirectories(a:dest)
+
     let dest = s:Path.WinToUnixPath(a:dest)
 
     let cmd = g:NERDTreeCopyCmd . " " . escape(self.str(), nerdtree#escChars()) . " " . escape(dest, nerdtree#escChars())
@@ -201,6 +204,20 @@ function! s:Path.copyingWillOverwrite(dest)
     endif
 endfunction
 
+"FUNCTION: Path.createParentDirectories(path) {{{1
+"
+"create parent directories for this path if needed
+"without throwing any errors is those directories already exist
+"
+"Args:
+"path: full path of the node whose parent directories may need to be created
+function! s:Path.createParentDirectories(path)
+    let dir_path = fnamemodify(a:path, ':h')
+    if !isdirectory(dir_path)
+        call mkdir(dir_path, 'p')
+    endif
+endfunction
+
 "FUNCTION: Path.delete() {{{1
 "
 "Deletes the file represented by this path.