One of the things that I wish Vim had by default is the ability to create directories and files at the same time. Last month at our local OpenHack meetup, I had a conversation about it with a fellow developer and we both concluded that it wouldn’t be too difficult to write something up.

Well, I’m happy to introduce easydir.vim!

It adds to the functionality of :new , :edit , :write , and more.

Here are some quick examples:

Edit a new file inside of a previously nonexistent directory.

:e new_directory/new_file.txt # Write some things to "new_file.txt" and save it. :w # The directory "new_directory/" and the file "new_file.txt" # are saved!

Open the new directory and file into a split window.

:sp another_directory/another_file.txt # Write to "another_file.txt" and save the file. :w # another_directory/another_file.txt is saved!

Super nested directories

:n thank/you/sir/may/i/have/another.txt # Write some things to "another.txt" and save it. :w

The directories and files will be saved under your current project’s directory.

Thanks for checking it out and enjoy!