D1331: cat: test output path behvaior when target path does not exist

[ryanmce (Ryan McElroy)]

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REVISION SUMMARY
  In the next patch, we will change the behavior of the cat command to create
  output file parent directories before attempting to write the output file.
  This patch documents the current unfortunate behavior.

REPOSITORY
  rHG Mercurial

REVISION DETAIL
  https://phab.mercurial-scm.org/D1331

AFFECTED FILES
  tests/test-cat.t

CHANGE DETAILS

diff --git a/tests/test-cat.t b/tests/test-cat.t
--- a/tests/test-cat.t
+++ b/tests/test-cat.t
@@ -119,3 +119,14 @@
   $ PATTERN='t4' hg log -r '.' -T "{envvars % '{key} -> {value}\n'}" \
   >                 --config "experimental.exportableenviron=PATTERN"
   PATTERN -> t4
+
+Test behavior of output when directory structure does not already exist
+
+  $ mkdir foo
+  $ echo a > foo/a
+  $ hg add foo/a
+  $ hg commit -qm "add foo/a"
+  $ mkdir output
+  $ hg cat --output "output/%p" foo/a
+  abort: No such file or directory: output/foo/a
+  [255]



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