From 7cdcfbe930add042e4effd11aec2d049d3b61206 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ian Kelling <ian@iankelling.org>
Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2016 15:07:43 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] bug fix: fails when using -T and broken link dir

---
 lnf | 14 ++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lnf b/lnf
index b4701df..d6dc5f2 100755
--- a/lnf
+++ b/lnf
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ links to each TARGET in DIRECTORY."
 
 
     local x ret prefix dir to_remove
+    local mkdir=false
 
     to_remove=()
     if [[ $nodir ]]; then
@@ -45,13 +46,10 @@ links to each TARGET in DIRECTORY."
         if [[ -e $2 || -L $2 ]]; then
             to_remove+=("$2")
         elif [[ ! -d $dir ]]; then
+            mkdir=true
             if [[ -e $dir || -L $dir ]]; then
                 to_remove+=("$dir")
             fi
-            if ! mkdir -p "$(dirname "$2")"; then
-                echo "lnf error: failed to make directory $(dirname "$2")"
-                return 1
-            fi
         fi
     elif (( $# >= 2 )); then
         if [[ -d ${!#} ]]; then
@@ -93,6 +91,14 @@ links to each TARGET in DIRECTORY."
     fi
 
     $reset_extglob && shopt -u extglob
+
+    if $mkdir; then
+        if ! mkdir -p "$(dirname "$2")"; then
+            echo "lnf error: failed to make directory $(dirname "$2")"
+            return 1
+        fi
+    fi
+
     ln -s $nodir -- "$@"
 }
 lnf "$@"
-- 
2.30.2