From 0b87bbe8399b3c4a31e787426c830148480d3862 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: willthames <will@thames.id.au>
Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2014 13:26:07 +1000
Subject: [PATCH] Allow npm to install to a directory that doesn't yet exist

If path is specified but does not exist, create it.
Fail if path is specified but is not a directory
---
 packaging/npm | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/packaging/npm b/packaging/npm
index 1157d8f6636..7034c7f9964 100644
--- a/packaging/npm
+++ b/packaging/npm
@@ -139,6 +139,10 @@ class Npm(object):
             #If path is specified, cd into that path and run the command.
             cwd = None
             if self.path:
+                if not os.path.exists(self.path):
+                    os.makedirs(self.path)
+                if not os.path.isdir(self.path):
+                    self.module.fail_json(msg="path %s is not a directory" % self.path)
                 cwd = self.path
 
             rc, out, err = self.module.run_command(cmd, check_rc=check_rc, cwd=cwd)