Improve UX regarding adding files in new (nonexistent) folders

[baronfel]

Discussed in #1639

^{Originally posted by inputusernamehere November 20, 2021}
Thank you for your work on Ionide! I have a minor improvement suggestion:

So right now it's possible to create a new folder in the regular file explorer, then switch to the F#/Ionide view, and create a new file in that folder. Let's say I call the folder new_folder, and input new_folder/new_file.fs when I create a new file. It will work as expected.

However if I do not create the folder my self first, I get hit with this error:

Error running command fsharp.explorer.addFile: Could not find a part of the path 'd:\code\ionide-folder-test\new_folder\new_file.fs'.. This is likely caused by the extension that contributes fsharp.explorer.addFile.

I think it would be smoother if Ionide just created the new folder for me.

This is a good first issue. The code implementing this is over in fsautocomplete, specifically the three File.Open calls on the three highlighted methods. I think there should be a helper that parses the passed in file name and creates any necessary directories that are included in the file name.

@inputusernamehere - would you be interested in submitting a PR to fix these? I'd be happy to walk you through the process.

[inputusernamehere]

I appreciate you investigating this issue and outlining what needs to be done. I'll be pretty busy for the forseeable future so if someone else wants to give it a go you don't have to wait for me!

[jcmrva]

I've made a little progress on this.

[kevinbarabash]

This seems to be work for me. I added a new file from the solution explore named foo/bar/baz.fs and it recursively created the directories that were needed as well as the file.

[baronfel]

Oh great! I'll close this one, then.