https://github.com/mateuszwieloch/automkdir.nvim

Automatically creates non-existent parent directories when writing a file
https://github.com/mateuszwieloch/automkdir.nvim

lua neovim neovim-plugin plugin

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Automatically creates non-existent parent directories when writing a file

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/mateuszwieloch/automkdir.nvim
• Owner: mateuszwieloch
• License: gpl-3.0
• Created: 2023-12-13T14:05:50.000Z (6 months ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2023-12-13T14:44:46.000Z (6 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-01-24T10:40:05.816Z (5 months ago)
• Topics: lua, neovim, neovim-plugin, plugin
• Language: Lua
• Homepage:
• Size: 17.6 KB
• Stars: 9
• Watchers: 1
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 1
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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• awesome-neovim - mateuszwieloch/automkdir.nvim - Automatically create non-existent parent directories when writing a file. (Utility / Cursorline)
• awesome-neovim - mateuszwieloch/automkdir.nvim - Automatically create non-existent parent directories when writing a file. (Utility / Cursorline)

README

        
# automkdir.nvim

Automatically creates non-existent parent directories when writing a file.

Pure lua. Single file.

## Usage

1. Edit a file.

2. Write with `:write /foo/bar/file.txt`.

3. Let's assume the `bar` directory doesn't exist.

    * Without this plugin, you'd get the "E212: Can't open file for writing: no such file or directory" error.

    * With this plugin, the `bar` directory will be silently created and the write command will succeed.

## Installation

Use your favorite package manager.

lazy.nvim

```

require("lazy").setup({

  "mateuszwieloch/automkdir.nvim"

})

```

vim-plug

```

Plug "mateuszwieloch/automkdir.nvim"

```

## See also

* Since Neovim 0.9+ you can create non-existent parent directories when writing a file by adding `++p` flag to `:write`, for example `:write ++p /path/to/file.txt`. However, that's still some extra keystrokes that I prefer to avoid.

* [mkdir.nvim](https://github.com/jghauser/mkdir.nvim) accomplishes the same goal, but uses Vimscript inside of Lua code.