fix: create parent directories for export destinations

README.md

@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ Linux and Windows users can pipe text on stdin. `--clipboard` uses `pbpaste`, `x
 - `clipcase list [--json]` prints case name, entry count, updated timestamp, and title.
 - `clipcase show <case>` prints deterministic JSON metadata.
 - `clipcase search <query> [--json]` searches entry text, tags, and source labels offline.
-- `clipcase export <case> [--out <file>]` produces a single Markdown bundle.
+- `clipcase export <case> [--out <file>]` produces a single Markdown bundle. Without `--out` it writes the bundle to stdout; with `--out` it creates missing parent directories and writes the file.
 
 ## Storage format
 

src/cli.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env node
 import fs from 'node:fs/promises';
 import { spawnSync } from 'node:child_process';
+import path from 'node:path';
 import { ClipcaseError } from './errors.js';
 import { loadConfig, writeConfig } from './config.js';
 import { addEntry, createCase, ensureStore, exportCase, listCases, loadCase, searchCases } from './storage.js';
@@ -51,6 +52,6 @@ function flagAll(parsed: Parsed, name: string): string[] { return (parsed.flags.
 function booleanFlag(parsed: Parsed, name: string): boolean { return flag(parsed, name) === 'true'; }
 async function readStdin(): Promise<string> { if (process.stdin.isTTY) return ''; const chunks: Buffer[] = []; for await (const chunk of process.stdin) chunks.push(Buffer.from(chunk)); return Buffer.concat(chunks).toString('utf8'); }
 function readClipboard(): string { const cmd = process.platform === 'darwin' ? 'pbpaste' : process.platform === 'win32' ? 'powershell.exe' : 'xclip'; const args = process.platform === 'win32' ? ['-NoProfile', '-Command', 'Get-Clipboard'] : process.platform === 'linux' ? ['-selection', 'clipboard', '-o'] : []; const result = spawnSync(cmd, args, { encoding: 'utf8' }); if (result.status !== 0) throw new ClipcaseError('Clipboard read failed; pipe text on stdin instead.', 4); return result.stdout; }
-export async function run(argv = process.argv.slice(2)): Promise<void> { const parsed = parse(argv); if (!parsed.command || booleanFlag(parsed, 'help') || parsed.command === 'help') { console.log(usage()); return; } if (parsed.command === 'init') { const target = await writeConfig(flag(parsed, 'storage') ?? '.clipcase'); const config = await loadConfig(); await ensureStore(config.storageDir); console.log(`Initialized ${target}`); return; } const config = await loadConfig(); await ensureStore(config.storageDir); switch (parsed.command) { case 'new': { const name = parsed.positionals[0]; const meta = await createCase(config.storageDir, name, flag(parsed, 'title')); console.log(`Created case ${meta.name}`); break; } case 'add': { const name = parsed.positionals[0]; const text = booleanFlag(parsed, 'clipboard') ? readClipboard() : await readStdin(); if (!text.trim()) throw new ClipcaseError('No input text supplied on stdin or clipboard.'); const entry = await addEntry(config.storageDir, { caseName: name, text, source: flag(parsed, 'source') ?? 'stdin', tags: flagAll(parsed, 'tag'), allowSecret: booleanFlag(parsed, 'allow-secret') }); console.log(`Added ${entry.id} to ${entry.caseName}`); break; } case 'list': { const cases = await listCases(config.storageDir); if (booleanFlag(parsed, 'json')) console.log(JSON.stringify(cases, null, 2)); else for (const meta of cases) console.log(`${meta.name}\t${meta.entries.length}\t${meta.updatedAt}\t${meta.title}`); break; } case 'show': { const name = parsed.positionals[0]; console.log(JSON.stringify(await loadCase(config.storageDir, name), null, 2)); break; } case 'search': { const query = parsed.positionals.join(' '); const results = await searchCases(config.storageDir, query); if (booleanFlag(parsed, 'json')) console.log(JSON.stringify(results, null, 2)); else for (const result of results) console.log(`${result.caseName}\t${result.entry.id}\t${result.entry.source}\t${result.preview}`); break; } case 'export': { const name = parsed.positionals[0]; const body = await exportCase(config.storageDir, name); const out = flag(parsed, 'out'); if (out) { await fs.writeFile(out, body); console.log(`Exported ${name} to ${out}`); } else process.stdout.write(body); break; } }
+export async function run(argv = process.argv.slice(2)): Promise<void> { const parsed = parse(argv); if (!parsed.command || booleanFlag(parsed, 'help') || parsed.command === 'help') { console.log(usage()); return; } if (parsed.command === 'init') { const target = await writeConfig(flag(parsed, 'storage') ?? '.clipcase'); const config = await loadConfig(); await ensureStore(config.storageDir); console.log(`Initialized ${target}`); return; } const config = await loadConfig(); await ensureStore(config.storageDir); switch (parsed.command) { case 'new': { const name = parsed.positionals[0]; const meta = await createCase(config.storageDir, name, flag(parsed, 'title')); console.log(`Created case ${meta.name}`); break; } case 'add': { const name = parsed.positionals[0]; const text = booleanFlag(parsed, 'clipboard') ? readClipboard() : await readStdin(); if (!text.trim()) throw new ClipcaseError('No input text supplied on stdin or clipboard.'); const entry = await addEntry(config.storageDir, { caseName: name, text, source: flag(parsed, 'source') ?? 'stdin', tags: flagAll(parsed, 'tag'), allowSecret: booleanFlag(parsed, 'allow-secret') }); console.log(`Added ${entry.id} to ${entry.caseName}`); break; } case 'list': { const cases = await listCases(config.storageDir); if (booleanFlag(parsed, 'json')) console.log(JSON.stringify(cases, null, 2)); else for (const meta of cases) console.log(`${meta.name}\t${meta.entries.length}\t${meta.updatedAt}\t${meta.title}`); break; } case 'show': { const name = parsed.positionals[0]; console.log(JSON.stringify(await loadCase(config.storageDir, name), null, 2)); break; } case 'search': { const query = parsed.positionals.join(' '); const results = await searchCases(config.storageDir, query); if (booleanFlag(parsed, 'json')) console.log(JSON.stringify(results, null, 2)); else for (const result of results) console.log(`${result.caseName}\t${result.entry.id}\t${result.entry.source}\t${result.preview}`); break; } case 'export': { const name = parsed.positionals[0]; const body = await exportCase(config.storageDir, name); const out = flag(parsed, 'out'); if (out) { await fs.mkdir(path.dirname(out), { recursive: true }); await fs.writeFile(out, body); console.log(`Exported ${name} to ${out}`); } else process.stdout.write(body); break; } }
 }
 run().catch((error: unknown) => { if (error instanceof ClipcaseError) { console.error(error.message); process.exit(error.exitCode); } console.error(error); process.exit(1); });

test/cli.test.ts

@@ -61,6 +61,18 @@ describe('clipcase CLI', () => {
     assert.match(run(['export', 'bug-login'], cwd), /expired cookie causes redirect failure/);
   });
 
+  it('creates missing parent directories for an export destination', async () => {
+    const cwd = await tmp();
+
+    run(['init'], cwd);
+    run(['new', 'nested-export'], cwd);
+    run(['add', 'nested-export'], cwd, 'nested export content\n');
+
+    const destination = path.join('nested', 'case.md');
+    assert.equal(run(['export', 'nested-export', '--out', destination], cwd), `Exported nested-export to ${destination}\n`);
+    assert.match(await fs.readFile(path.join(cwd, destination), 'utf8'), /nested export content/);
+  });
+
   it('captures repeated identical input without overwriting an entry', async () => {
     const cwd = await tmp();