fix: if a topic path contains missing directories, create them

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2 files changed, 15 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/error.rs b/src/error.rs
index 04ba777..c86ad13 100644
--- a/src/error.rs
+++ b/src/error.rs
@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@ pub enum JournalError {
     #[error("directory {0} is not a journal")]
     NotAJournal(String),
 
+    /// The specified directory for the journal does not exist.
+    #[error("journal directory does not exist: {0}")]
+    NoJournalDirectory(PathBuf),
+
     /// Failed to create the directory for the journal.
     #[error("failed to create journal directory {0}")]
     CreateDirectory(PathBuf, #[source] std::io::Error),
diff --git a/src/journal.rs b/src/journal.rs
index a48a63d..270bb19 100644
--- a/src/journal.rs
+++ b/src/journal.rs
@@ -198,7 +198,18 @@ impl Journal {
         let mut context = Context::new();
         context.insert("title", title);
 
+        let dirname = self.dirname();
+        if !dirname.exists() {
+            return Err(JournalError::NoJournalDirectory(dirname.to_path_buf()));
+        }
+
         let pathname = topic_path(self.dirname(), path);
+        let parent = pathname.parent().unwrap();
+        if !parent.is_dir() {
+            std::fs::create_dir_all(&parent)
+                .map_err(|err| JournalError::CreateDirectory(parent.to_path_buf(), err))?;
+        }
+
         let text = self.templates.new_topic(&context)?;
         std::fs::write(&pathname, text)
             .map_err(|err| JournalError::WriteTopic(pathname.to_path_buf(), err))?;