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-rw-r--r--modules/ui-theme.el10
-rw-r--r--tests/test-ui-theme-persistence.el13
2 files changed, 21 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/modules/ui-theme.el b/modules/ui-theme.el
index 499e71a4..b3cdc634 100644
--- a/modules/ui-theme.el
+++ b/modules/ui-theme.el
@@ -88,8 +88,14 @@ If FILENAME isn't readable, return nil."
(string-trim (buffer-string)))))
(defun cj/theme-write-file-contents (content filename)
- "Write CONTENT to FILENAME.
-If FILENAME isn't writeable, return nil. If successful, return t."
+ "Write CONTENT to FILENAME, creating its parent directory if absent.
+On a fresh machine the `persist/' directory doesn't exist yet, and
+`file-writable-p' returns nil for a file inside a missing directory, so the
+write would silently fail. If FILENAME still isn't writeable, return nil.
+If successful, return t."
+ (let ((dir (file-name-directory filename)))
+ (when (and dir (not (file-directory-p dir)))
+ (ignore-errors (make-directory dir t))))
(when (file-writable-p filename)
(condition-case err
(progn
diff --git a/tests/test-ui-theme-persistence.el b/tests/test-ui-theme-persistence.el
index 02bb105a..250b606b 100644
--- a/tests/test-ui-theme-persistence.el
+++ b/tests/test-ui-theme-persistence.el
@@ -32,6 +32,19 @@
"modus-vivendi")))
(delete-file file))))
+(ert-deftest test-ui-theme-write-file-contents-creates-missing-parent-dir ()
+ "Boundary: writing into a not-yet-existing directory creates it first.
+On a fresh machine `persist/' does not exist, and `file-writable-p' returns nil
+for a file inside a missing directory, so the write must create the parent."
+ (let* ((sandbox (make-temp-file "ui-theme-sandbox-" t))
+ (file (expand-file-name "persist/emacs-theme" sandbox)))
+ (unwind-protect
+ (progn
+ (should-not (file-directory-p (file-name-directory file)))
+ (should (cj/theme-write-file-contents "modus-vivendi" file))
+ (should (equal (cj/theme-read-file-contents file) "modus-vivendi")))
+ (delete-directory sandbox t))))
+
(ert-deftest test-ui-theme-write-file-contents-uses-write-region ()
"Theme persistence should write directly instead of visiting the file."
(let ((file (make-temp-file "ui-theme-write-region-"))