Improve ensurefile error

lib/ensure/__tests__/create.test.js

@@ -42,6 +42,18 @@ describe('fs-extra', () => {
           done()
         })
       })
+
+      it('should give clear error if node in directory tree is a file', done => {
+        const existingFile = path.join(TEST_DIR, Math.random() + 'ts-e', Math.random() + '.txt')
+        fse.mkdirsSync(path.dirname(existingFile))
+        fs.writeFileSync(existingFile)
+
+        const file = path.join(existingFile, Math.random() + '.txt')
+        fse.createFile(file, err => {
+          assert.strictEqual(err.code, 'ENOTDIR')
+          done()
+        })
+      })
     })
   })
 
@@ -63,6 +75,20 @@ describe('fs-extra', () => {
         fse.createFileSync(file)
         assert.strictEqual(fs.readFileSync(file, 'utf8'), 'hello world')
       })
+
+      it('should give clear error if node in directory tree is a file', () => {
+        const existingFile = path.join(TEST_DIR, Math.random() + 'ts-e', Math.random() + '.txt')
+        fse.mkdirsSync(path.dirname(existingFile))
+        fs.writeFileSync(existingFile)
+
+        const file = path.join(existingFile, Math.random() + '.txt')
+        try {
+          fse.createFileSync(file)
+          assert.fail()
+        } catch (err) {
+          assert.strictEqual(err.code, 'ENOTDIR')
+        }
+      })
     })
   })
 })

lib/ensure/file.js

@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ const u = require('universalify').fromCallback
 const path = require('path')
 const fs = require('graceful-fs')
 const mkdir = require('../mkdirs')
-const pathExists = require('../path-exists').pathExists
 
 function createFile (file, callback) {
   function makeFile () {
@@ -17,13 +16,26 @@ function createFile (file, callback) {
   fs.stat(file, (err, stats) => { // eslint-disable-line handle-callback-err
     if (!err && stats.isFile()) return callback()
     const dir = path.dirname(file)
-    pathExists(dir, (err, dirExists) => {
-      if (err) return callback(err)
-      if (dirExists) return makeFile()
-      mkdir.mkdirs(dir, err => {
-        if (err) return callback(err)
-        makeFile()
-      })
+    fs.stat(dir, (err, stats) => {
+      if (err) {
+        // if the directory doesn't exist, make it
+        if (err.code === 'ENOENT') {
+          return mkdir.mkdirs(dir, err => {
+            if (err) return callback(err)
+            makeFile()
+          })
+        }
+        return callback(err)
+      }
+
+      if (stats.isDirectory()) makeFile()
+      else {
+        // parent is not a directory
+        // This is just to cause an internal ENOTDIR error to be thrown
+        fs.readdir(dir, err => {
+          if (err) return callback(err)
+        })
+      }
     })
   })
 }
@@ -36,8 +48,16 @@ function createFileSync (file) {
   if (stats && stats.isFile()) return
 
   const dir = path.dirname(file)
-  if (!fs.existsSync(dir)) {
-    mkdir.mkdirsSync(dir)
+  try {
+    if (!fs.statSync(dir).isDirectory()) {
+      // parent is not a directory
+      // This is just to cause an internal ENOTDIR error to be thrown
+      fs.readdirSync(dir)
+    }
+  } catch (err) {
+    // If the stat call above failed because the directory doesn't exist, create it
+    if (err && err.code === 'ENOENT') mkdir.mkdirsSync(dir)
+    else throw err
   }
 
   fs.writeFileSync(file, '')