'bzr mkdir' should have a recursive option

[Mary Gardiner]

I would like to be able to do something like the following:

$ bzr mkdir 1/2/3/4

Current reply:
bzr: ERROR: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '1/2/3/4'

Expected reply:
Existence of 1/2/3/4, all versioned.

I don't mind whether or not there's an extra switch (like the -p flag to bare mkdir).

[Dan Watkins (oddbloke)]

On Thu, 31 Jul 2008 06:05:00 -0000
Mary Gardiner <email address hidden> wrote:
> I would like to be able to do something like the following:
>
> $ bzr mkdir 1/2/3/4
>
> Current reply:
> bzr: ERROR: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '1/2/3/4'
>
> Expected reply:
> Existence of 1/2/3/4, all versioned.
>
> I don't mind whether or not there's an extra switch (like the -p flag
> to bare mkdir).
I think -p would make the most sense.

 status Confirmed
 importance Wishlist

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Daniel Watkins (Odd_Bloke)

[Andrew Bennetts (spiv)]

bzr add automatically adds intermediate directories if necessary. So as a workaround you can use normal mkdir -p, then bzr add the result. e.g.:

$ bzr init mkdir-test
$ cd mkdir-test/
$ mkdir -p 1/2/3/4
$ bzr add 1/2/3/4
added 1
added 1/2
added 1/2/3
added 1/2/3/4

[Russel Winder (russel)]

Just wondering if this one is an alive or dead issue . . .

It would be nice to have a -p oprion to the mkdir command. If no-one has the time to actually do this, but does have the time to give me a few hints and act as adviser, I can have a go.

[Wouter van Heyst (larstiq)]

On Sat, Jul 04, 2009 at 12:58:44PM -0000, Russel Winder wrote:
> Just wondering if this one is an alive or dead issue . . .
>
> It would be nice to have a -p oprion to the mkdir command. If no-one
> has the time to actually do this, but does have the time to give me a
> few hints and act as adviser, I can have a go.

Catching up on bugmail, 800 more to go. I think a -p option would
be nice, and I'm certainly willing to act as adviser.

Wouter van Heyst

[Martin Pool (mbp)]

Needs someone to fix up the test failure in https://code.edge.launchpad.net/~mathepic/bzr/mkdir-recursive/+merge/13380