From a4264dc02181058e3c94227bb6686aeed308e285 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ian Jackson <ijackson@chiark.greenend.org.uk>
Date: Sat, 4 Jun 2016 17:00:51 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Split brain: Create debian/patches in case it does not exist

When we need to make the .gitignore patch, there may not yet be any
debian/patches directory.
---
 dgit | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/dgit b/dgit
index 5b6f6a1f..92f96cef 100755
--- a/dgit
+++ b/dgit
@@ -2580,6 +2580,7 @@ sub quiltify_splitbrain ($$$$$) {
 	!($diffbits->{O2A} & 02)) { # patches do not change .gitignore
 	quiltify_splitbrain_needed();
 	progress "creating patch to represent .gitignore changes";
+        ensuredir "debian/patches";
 	my $gipatch = "debian/patches/auto-gitignore";
 	open GIPATCH, ">>", "$gipatch" or die "$gipatch: $!";
 	stat GIPATCH or die "$gipatch: $!";
-- 
2.30.2