Merge pull request #259 from alichtman/create_dotfiles_dir_fix

Create dotfiles dir before creating .gitignore

Author: alichtman

shallow_backup/__main__.py

@@ -3,9 +3,8 @@
 from .prompts import *
 from .reinstall import *
 from .git_wrapper import *
-from .utils import (
-	mkdir_warn_overwrite, destroy_backup_dir, expand_to_abs_path,
-	new_dir_is_valid)
+from .utils import (mkdir_warn_overwrite, destroy_backup_dir,
+                    expand_to_abs_path, new_dir_is_valid)
 from .config import *
 from .upgrade import upgrade_from_pre_v3
 

shallow_backup/git_wrapper.py

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 from shutil import move
 from .printing import *
 from .config import get_config
+from .utils import safe_mkdir
 
 #########
 # GLOBALS
@@ -44,6 +45,7 @@ def create_gitignore(dir_path, key):
 	Handles backwards compatibility for the default-gitignore -> root-gitignore
 	change and the introduction of the dotfiles-gitignore key in v4.0.
 	"""
+	safe_mkdir(dir_path)
 	gitignore_path = os.path.join(dir_path, ".gitignore")
 	print_yellow_bold(f"Updating .gitignore file at {gitignore_path} with config from {key}")
 	try: