Auto create missing directories when symlinking

[boldandbrad]

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What would you like to see changed/added?

Problem

Currently, given a file tree like:

~/.config/
    foo/foo.conf

And an aliae.yaml like:

link:
  - name: ~/.config/bar/bar.conf
    target: path/to/bar.conf

Upon shell startup the following error will be produced:

ln: .../.config/bar/bar.conf: No such file or directory

This is because ln cannot create a symbolic link in the bar directory since it doesn't exist.

Solution

It might be nice to have check that automatically creates these intermediate directories when attempting to symlink if they don't exist.

Not sure if the same limitation exists for cmd or powershell on windows as I do not use them personally.

I'm willing to put up a PR for this after the new year when I get some time if you don't beat me to it :)

[JanDeDobbeleer]

It might be nice to have check that automatically creates these intermediate directories when attempting to symlink if they don't exist.

@boldandbrad while I could argue this goes beyond the scope of the project, I don't mind adding this but not as the default behaviour.