Create directory if it doesn't exist (#963)

* create dir if it doesn't exist
* switch order of print and creation
* makedirs instead of mkdir and stderr printing
* add test
* black reformatting

features/core.feature

@@ -113,3 +113,9 @@ Feature: Basic reading and writing to a journal
         2013-06-10 15:40 Life is good.
         """
         And we should get no error
+
+    Scenario: Journal directory does not exist
+        Given we use the config "missing_directory.yaml"
+        When we run "jrnl Life is good"
+        and we run "jrnl -n 1"
+        Then the output should contain "Life is good"

jrnl/EncryptedJournal.py

@@ -40,8 +40,11 @@ class EncryptedJournal(Journal):
         """Opens the journal file defined in the config and parses it into a list of Entries.
         Entries have the form (date, title, body)."""
         filename = filename or self.config["journal"]
-
+        dirname = os.path.dirname(filename)
         if not os.path.exists(filename):
+            if not os.path.isdir(dirname):
+                os.makedirs(dirname)
+                print(f"[Directory {dirname} created]", file=sys.stderr)
             self.create_file(filename)
             self.password = util.create_password(self.name)
             print(

jrnl/Journal.py

@@ -74,8 +74,11 @@ class Journal:
         """Opens the journal file defined in the config and parses it into a list of Entries.
         Entries have the form (date, title, body)."""
         filename = filename or self.config["journal"]
-
+        dirname = os.path.dirname(filename)
         if not os.path.exists(filename):
+            if not os.path.isdir(dirname):
+                os.makedirs(dirname)
+                print(f"[Directory {dirname} created]", file=sys.stderr)
             self.create_file(filename)
             print(f"[Journal '{self.name}' created at {filename}]", file=sys.stderr)