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diff --git a/lisp/wdired.el b/lisp/wdired.el
index 76223215f2d..179b51b711a 100644
--- a/lisp/wdired.el
+++ b/lisp/wdired.el
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-;;; wdired.el --- Rename files editing their names in dired buffers
+;;; wdired.el --- Rename files editing their names in dired buffers -*- coding: utf-8; -*-
;; Copyright (C) 2004-2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
@@ -152,6 +152,16 @@ renamed by `dired-do-rename' and `dired-do-rename-regexp'."
:version "24.3"
:group 'wdired)
+(defcustom wdired-create-parent-directories t
+ "If non-nil, create parent directories of destination files.
+If non-nil, when you rename a file to a destination path within a
+nonexistent directory, wdired will create any parent directories
+necessary. When nil, attempts to rename a file into a
+nonexistent directory will fail."
+ :version "26.1"
+ :type 'boolean
+ :group 'wdired)
+
(defvar wdired-mode-map
(let ((map (make-sparse-keymap)))
(define-key map "\C-x\C-s" 'wdired-finish-edit)
@@ -492,6 +502,8 @@ non-nil means return old filename."
(require 'dired-aux)
(condition-case err
(let ((dired-backup-overwrite nil))
+ (and wdired-create-parent-directories
+ (wdired-create-parentdirs file-new))
(dired-rename-file file-ori file-new
overwrite))
(error
@@ -501,6 +513,11 @@ non-nil means return old filename."
err)))))))))
errors))
+(defun wdired-create-parentdirs (file-new)
+ "Create parent directories for FILE-NEW if they don't exist."
+ (and (not (file-exists-p (file-name-directory file-new)))
+ (message "Creating directory for file %s" file-new)
+ (make-directory (file-name-directory file-new) t)))
(defun wdired-exit ()
"Exit wdired and return to dired mode.
@@ -573,7 +590,7 @@ Optional arguments are ignored."
"Move down lines then position at filename or the current column.
See `wdired-use-dired-vertical-movement'. Optional prefix ARG
says how many lines to move; default is one line."
- (interactive "p")
+ (interactive "^p")
(with-no-warnings (next-line arg))
(if (or (eq wdired-use-dired-vertical-movement t)
(and wdired-use-dired-vertical-movement
@@ -586,7 +603,7 @@ says how many lines to move; default is one line."
"Move up lines then position at filename or the current column.
See `wdired-use-dired-vertical-movement'. Optional prefix ARG
says how many lines to move; default is one line."
- (interactive "p")
+ (interactive "^p")
(with-no-warnings (previous-line arg))
(if (or (eq wdired-use-dired-vertical-movement t)
(and wdired-use-dired-vertical-movement