Always ensure note dir exists from Client:create_note

See #600

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - Fixed using templates with frontmatter when `disable_frontmatter` is set to true. Previously the frontmatter would be removed when the template was inserted, now it will be kept unchanged.
 - Add compatibility for NVIM 0.11
 - Fixed handling check boxes with characters that have a special meaning in regular expressions (e.g. "?").
+- `Client:create_note()` will always ensure the parent directory exists, even when not writing the note itself to disk, to avoid downstream issues (see #600).
 
 ## [v3.7.12](https://github.com/epwalsh/obsidian.nvim/releases/tag/v3.7.12) - 2024-05-02
 

lua/obsidian/client.lua

@@ -1727,7 +1727,8 @@ end
 ---  - `title`: A title to assign the note.
 ---  - `id`: An ID to assign the note. If not specified one will be generated.
 ---  - `dir`: An optional directory to place the note in. Relative paths will be interpreted
----    relative to the workspace / vault root.
+---    relative to the workspace / vault root. If the directory doesn't exist it will be created,
+---    regardless of the value of the `no_write` option.
 ---  - `aliases`: Additional aliases to assign to the note.
 ---  - `tags`: Additional tags to assign to the note.
 ---  - `no_write`: Don't write the note to disk.
@@ -1753,6 +1754,11 @@ Client.create_note = function(self, opts)
     note.title = new_title
   end
 
+  -- Ensure the parent directory exists.
+  local parent = path:parent()
+  assert(parent)
+  parent:mkdir { parents = true, exist_ok = true }
+
   -- Write to disk.
   if not opts.no_write then
     note = self:write_note(note, { template = opts.template })