The vim-eunuch plugin provides Vim
commands that correspond to many common Unix shell commands. One such command
is an equivalent to the mkdir command.
The mkdir command creates the given directory if it doesn't already exist. If
multiples levels of new directories are specified, the -p flag can be
included to create each successive level.
The vim-eunuch equivalents are Mkdir and Mkdir!.
Let's say I'm working within a project that doesn't currently have a docs
directory. When I open up a buffer to docs/setup.md, before I can write that
new file, I need to create the docs directory. Running :Mkdir will do that.
Now let's say I open up a buffer to src/api/util/base.js. The src directory
already exists, but neither /api nor util/ nested under it exist. Before I
can write the buffer, I need to create both of those directories. :Mkdir on
its own won't create these nested directories. Instead I need to reach for the
-p equivalent which is :Mkdir!.
See :h eunuch-:Mkdir for more details.