Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > Regardless of the "do we require, or is it sifficient to imply, the > '-p' option when we lack leading directories?" question, once we > start "auto-creating" the leading directory hierarchy, one worrysome > thing such a new feature introduces is an ambiguity and unexpected > behaviour. ... > Both are plausible, and "mkdir -p" does not have such a nasty > ambiguity. That is what makes me unsure about the new feature > (again, either with required "-p" or with implied "-p"). I checked what POSIX, who does give "-p" to mkdir(1), has with mv(1), and they do not have "-p". Neither GNU, which tends to add such "usability" enhancements on top of what everybody else has. And I think they are being very sensible. By not adding such an option to "mv", they can sidestep the unnecessary ambiguity, and it isn't too bad to do a "mkdir -p" separately before doing such a "mv" into a (potential) new directory. So, let's not do this patch. Thanks.
