feat: move also creates parent dir on destination

Signed-off-by: kjuulh <contact@kjuulh.io>

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -6,9 +6,23 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [0.1.2] - 2025-08-08
+
+### Added
+- default to current dir if no file could be found
+
+### Other
+- should be space instead
+
+## [0.1.1] - 2025-08-04
+
+### Fixed
+- if path is empty default to `.`
+
 ## [0.1.0] - 2025-08-03
 
 ### Added
+- add open command
 - noil now handles open, and open in non-terminals via. /dev/tty
 - add file opener with chooser
 - update demo

Cargo.lock

@@ -431,7 +431,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "noil"
-version = "0.0.5"
+version = "0.1.1"
 dependencies = [
  "ansi_term",
  "anyhow",

Cargo.toml

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ members = ["crates/*"]
 resolver = "2"
 
 [workspace.package]
-version = "0.1.0"
+version = "0.1.2"
 
 [workspace.dependencies]
 noil = { path = "crates/noil" }

README.md

@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
 # noil
 
-**noil** is a structured, text-buffer-based file operation tool – think of it like [`oil.nvim`](https://github.com/stevearc/oil.nvim), but for any editor, terminal, or automated process.
+**noil** is a structured, text-buffer-based file operation tool – think of it
+like [`oil.nvim`](https://github.com/stevearc/oil.nvim), but for any editor,
+terminal, or automated process.
 
-Edit filesystem operations like it's plain text, and then apply them in a controlled, explicit way.
+Edit filesystem operations like it's plain text, and then apply them in a
+controlled, explicit way.
 
 ![demo](assets/demo.gif)
 
@@ -10,17 +13,19 @@ Edit filesystem operations like it's plain text, and then apply them in a contro
 
 ## Interactive Mode (TBA)
 
-I am planning an interactive TUI mode, where you don't have to care about tags, like in `oil`. For now the normal editor is quite useful though, and allows all types of editors to easily move, edit files and so on.
+I am planning an interactive TUI mode, where you don't have to care about tags,
+like in `oil`. For now the normal editor is quite useful though, and allows all
+types of editors to easily move, edit files and so on.
 
 ---
 
 ## ✨ Features
 
-* Edit your file tree like a normal buffer
-* Preview, format, and apply changes
-* Integrates with `$EDITOR`
-* CLI first, editor agnostic
-* No surprises: nothing is applied until you say so
+- Edit your file tree like a normal buffer
+- Preview, format, and apply changes
+- Integrates with `$EDITOR`
+- CLI first, editor agnostic
+- No surprises: nothing is applied until you say so
 
 ---
 
@@ -42,7 +47,7 @@ cat something.noil | noil fmt > something.noil
 cat something.noil | noil apply
 ```
 
-noil will always ask you if you want to apply your changes before doing any operations.
+noil will ask you if you want to apply your changes before doing any operations.
 
 ---
 
@@ -56,13 +61,14 @@ Each line follows this format:
 
 ### Supported operations:
 
-| Operation | Meaning                           | Tag Required? |
-| --------: | --------------------------------- | ------------- |
-|     `ADD` | Add new file                      | ❌ No          |
-|    `COPY` | Copy file with given tag          | ✅ Yes         |
-|  `DELETE` | Delete file with given tag        | ✅ Yes         |
-|    `MOVE` | Move file with given tag          | ✅ Yes         |
-| *(blank)* | Reference existing file (default) | ✅ Yes         |
+| Operation | Meaning                                                | Tag Required? |
+| --------: | ------------------------------------------------------ | ------------- |
+|     `ADD` | Add new file                                           | ❌ No         |
+|    `COPY` | Copy file with given tag                               | ✅ Yes        |
+|  `DELETE` | Delete file with given tag                             | ✅ Yes        |
+|    `MOVE` | Move file with given tag                               | ✅ Yes        |
+|    `OPEN` | Open a file with a given tag (requires --chooser-file) | ❌ No         |
+| _(blank)_ | Reference existing file (default)                      | ✅ Yes        |
 
 ---
 
@@ -73,9 +79,11 @@ Each line follows this format:
 COPY     abc   :   /tmp/nginx-copy
 DELETE   123   :   /etc/nginx
 ADD            :   /new/file.txt
+OPEN           :   /new/file.txt
 ```
 
-You can use short, unique tags (like `abc`, `ng1`, etc.) to refer to files. `noil` will generate these tags when you run `noil .`.
+You can use short, unique tags (like `abc`, `ng1`, etc.) to refer to files.
+`noil` will generate these tags when you run `noil .`.
 
 ---
 
@@ -87,9 +95,11 @@ Want to clean up alignment and spacing?
 cat my-buffer.noil | noil fmt
 ```
 
-Or automatically format inside your editor with the following config for [Helix](https://helix-editor.com):
+Or automatically format inside your editor with the following config for
+[Helix](https://helix-editor.com):
 
 ```toml
+# .config/helix/languages.toml
 [[language]]
 name = "noil"
 scope = "source.noil"
@@ -102,8 +112,30 @@ formatter = { command = "noil", args = ["fmt"] }
 [[grammar]]
 name = "noil"
 source = { git = "https://git.kjuulh.io/kjuulh/tree-sitter-noil.git", rev = "2f295629439881d0b9e89108a1296881d0daf7b9" }
+
+# .config/helix/config.toml
+# Optional extra command Space + o will open noil allowing edits and the OPEN command
+[keys.normal.space]
+o = [
+  ":sh rm -f /tmp/unique-file-kjuulh",
+  # DISCLAIMER: Until noil has a proper interactive mode, we cannot ask for confirmation, as such we always commit changes, you don't get to have a preview unlike the normal cli option
+  ":insert-output noil edit '%{buffer_name}' --chooser-file=/tmp/unique-file-kjuulh --commit --quiet < /dev/tty",
+  ":insert-output echo \"x1b[?1049h\" > /dev/tty",
+  ":open %sh{cat /tmp/unique-file-kjuulh}",
+  ":redraw",
+]
 ```
 
+### Edit options
+
+When using `noil edit .` a few additional options are available
+
+- `--chooser-file`: A chooser file is a newline delimited file where each line
+  corresponds to a relative file to be opened or manipulated by the user. Only
+  items with `OPEN` command will be added to the file
+- `--commit`: commit files without asking for confirmation
+- `--quiet`: don't print results
+
 ---
 
 ## 🔒 Safety First
@@ -123,7 +155,9 @@ You will be prompted before anything is modified.
 
 ## 🧠 Philosophy
 
-noil gives you full control over file operations in a composable and editor-friendly way. Think Git index, but for actual file moves and deletions — human-editable, patchable, and grep-able.
+noil gives you full control over file operations in a composable and
+editor-friendly way. Think Git index, but for actual file moves and deletions —
+human-editable, patchable, and grep-able.
 
 ---
 
@@ -135,7 +169,6 @@ noil gives you full control over file operations in a composable and editor-frie
 cargo install noil
 ```
 
-
 **Build from source**:
 
 ```bash

crates/noil/src/cli/edit.rs

@@ -40,10 +40,13 @@ pub struct EditCommand {
 
 impl EditCommand {
     pub async fn execute(&self) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
-        let mut small_id = Vec::with_capacity(8);
-        for id in small_id.iter_mut() {
-            *id = encode_rand::ALPHABET
-                [rand::random_range(0..(encode_rand::ALPHABET_LEN as u8)) as usize];
+        let mut small_id = Vec::new();
+
+        for _ in 0..8 {
+            small_id.push(
+                encode_rand::ALPHABET
+                    [rand::random_range(0..(encode_rand::ALPHABET_LEN as u8)) as usize],
+            );
         }
         let small_id = String::from_utf8_lossy(&small_id);
 
@@ -62,9 +65,20 @@ impl EditCommand {
             .await
             .context("create temp file for noil")?;
 
-        let output = get_outputs(&self.get_path().await.context("get path")?, true)
+        let path = &self
+            .get_path()
             .await
-            .context("get output")?;
+            .context("get path")
+            .inspect_err(|e| {
+                tracing::warn!(
+                    "error: file path doesn't exist, defaulting to current working dir: {e}"
+                )
+            })
+            .unwrap_or_else(|_| PathBuf::from("."));
+
+        let output = get_outputs(path, true)
+            .await
+            .context(format!("get output: {}", path.display()))?;
         file.write_all(output.as_bytes())
             .await
             .context("write contents for edit")?;
@@ -151,10 +165,16 @@ impl EditCommand {
         }
 
         if path.is_file() {
-            return path
+            let parent_path = path
                 .parent()
                 .map(|p| p.to_path_buf())
-                .ok_or(anyhow::anyhow!("parent doesn't exist for file"));
+                .ok_or(anyhow::anyhow!("parent doesn't exist for file"))?;
+
+            if parent_path.display().to_string() == "" {
+                return Ok(PathBuf::from("."));
+            }
+
+            return Ok(parent_path);
         }
 
         Ok(path.clone())
@@ -308,6 +328,14 @@ pub async fn apply(input: &str, options: ApplyOptions) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
                     anyhow::bail!("destination already exists cannot move");
                 }
 
+                if let Some(parent) = existing.path.parent()
+                    && !parent.exists()
+                {
+                    tokio::fs::create_dir_all(&parent)
+                        .await
+                        .context("failed to create dest for move")?;
+                }
+
                 tokio::fs::rename(&existing.path, path)
                     .await
                     .context("move path")?;
@@ -334,7 +362,7 @@ pub async fn apply(input: &str, options: ApplyOptions) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
             .map(|i| i.display().to_string())
             .collect::<Vec<_>>();
 
-        file.write_all(open_files.join("\n").as_bytes())
+        file.write_all(open_files.join(" ").as_bytes())
             .await
             .context("write chosen files")?;
         file.flush().await.context("flush chosen file")?;