Emacs: Offer to create missing directories

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/tag-emacs/emacs.d/init.el b/tag-emacs/emacs.d/init.el
index 3187d090..a43ffe4d 100644
--- a/tag-emacs/emacs.d/init.el
+++ b/tag-emacs/emacs.d/init.el
@@ -406,6 +406,13 @@
         (kill-this-buffer)
         (message "File '%s' successfully removed" filename)))))
 
+(defun my-create-non-existent-directory ()
+  (let ((parent-directory (file-name-directory buffer-file-name)))
+    (when (and (not (file-exists-p parent-directory))
+               (y-or-n-p (format "Directory `%s' does not exist! Create it?" parent-directory)))
+      (make-directory parent-directory t))))
+(add-to-list 'find-file-not-found-functions #'my-create-non-existent-directory)
+
 (defun kill-or-delete-this-buffer-dwim (&optional arg)
   "Kills current buffer. With prefix arg, delete it."
   (interactive "P")