feat: add --dir option to create command

[abstrakct]

This simple pull request adds a new option to the 'create' command: --dir

With this option 'create' will always create a directory.
This allows you to bind 'create --dir' to a key, so you can easily create directories without having to remember to put / or \ at the end of the name.

Personally it makes sense to me to have a command for this. I very rarely need to create empty files, but I often create directories, and used to have a keybinding for this in ranger. After switching to yazi I very often forget to add the / when I want to make a directory.

I've tested this change on Linux. 'create --dir' now always creates a directory, trailing / is ignored, trailing \ is treated as part of the directory name (which is ok in Linux). Not tested on Windows, because I have no Windows machines :)

Let me know if I've missed something, or if there is a better way to add this functionality.

[sxyazi]

Hey, thanks for the PR!

There's already a mkdir.yazi plugin available, does it meet your needs?

[Sonico98]

Hey, thanks for the PR!

There's already a mkdir.yazi plugin available, does it meet your needs?

Tbh I wrote the plugin due to my lack of rust knowledge and consider it to be a bit of a hack. I too believe that a --dir option should be available by default in yazi.

On a side note, I've been unsuccessful in properly highlighting the newly created directory in the same way the create command does, which makes the experience a bit worse.

[abstrakct]

Thanks for the reply - I didn't know about the plugin! But it seems to be an inferior solution, as @Sonico98 also says. And personally it feels "wrong" to put such basic functionality in a plugin, especially when the proposed change is very simple and doesn't break existing functionality. The 'create' command without --dir still works exactly as before.

[sxyazi]

Fair enough, I'll review and merge it tomorrow

[sxyazi]

Thanks!

[sxyazi]

Could you please also add the new option to the docs here https://yazi-rs.github.io/docs/configuration/keymap#manager.create? (Click the bottom link to edit)

[xfzv]

Nice. I'm thinking about using

[manager]

keymap = [
  { on = "a", run = "create", desc = "Create a file" },
  { on = "A", run = "create --dir", desc = "Create a directory" },
]

Any chance the pop-up window title could adapt? For now, it's Create: in both cases.

Maybe Create file: or Create directory: would be better descriptions? Just like ; gives Shell and : gives Shell (block): or s gives Search via fd: and S gives Search via rg.

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Edit: I've just realized that this wouldn't be a good idea for users that stick with the current default.

Create: makes sense considering you can create either a file or a directory by adding an extra / - \ at the end.

[abstrakct]

Documentation added! 👍

[Tyarel8]

Nice. I'm thinking about using

[manager]

keymap = [
  { on = "a", run = "create", desc = "Create a file" },
  { on = "A", run = "create --dir", desc = "Create a directory" },
]

Any chance the pop-up window title could adapt? For now, it's Create: in both cases.

Maybe Create file: or Create directory: would be better descriptions? Just like ; gives Shell and : gives Shell (block): or s gives Search via fd: and S gives Search via rg.

Edit: I've just realized that this wouldn't be a good idea for users that stick with the current default.

Create: makes sense considering you can create either a file or a directory by adding an extra / - \ at the end.

Create: makes sense for the previous behavior because it can be used to create files or directories, but for the new option create --dir I think it would be better to have a different prompt so you know the difference like Create dir:.