From d5469a64d230e3929c327a34a9c5a6965e6d4071 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: xqyz <10251866+bphd@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 12 Jan 2025 07:29:45 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Handle new path creation

To handle cases where a path, a file, or both need to be created, you can enhance the `fname.touch()` code as follows:

```python
try:
    # Create parent directories if they don't exist
    fname.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
    # Create the file
    fname.touch()
    all_matched_files.add(str(fname))
    self.io.tool_output(f"Created file: {fname}")
except OSError as e:
    self.io.tool_error(f"Error creating file {fname}: {e}")
```

This code ensures that any necessary parent directories are created before attempting to create the file itself.
---
 aider/commands.py | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/aider/commands.py b/aider/commands.py
index 13f267a12cc..ab5f121a84f 100644
--- a/aider/commands.py
+++ b/aider/commands.py
@@ -756,6 +756,7 @@ def cmd_add(self, args):
 
             if self.io.confirm_ask(f"No files matched '{word}'. Do you want to create {fname}?"):
                 try:
+                    fname.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
                     fname.touch()
                     all_matched_files.add(str(fname))
                 except OSError as e: