1 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/git_config.py b/git_config.py
index 84d347b1a..4facccda6 100644
--- a/git_config.py
+++ b/git_config.py
@@ -266,6 +266,13 @@ class GitConfig:
         except KeyError:
             old = []
 
+        if self.file != self._SYSTEM_CONFIG:
+            # `git config --file` does not create missing parent directories
+            # (e.g. ~/.repoconfig/ on first use).
+            parent_dir = os.path.dirname(self.file)
+            if parent_dir:
+                os.makedirs(parent_dir, exist_ok=True)
+
         if value is None:
             if old:
                 del self._cache[key]
@@ -444,6 +451,11 @@ class GitConfig:
 class RepoConfig(GitConfig):
     """User settings for repo itself."""
 
+    # Keep separate caches from GitConfig, otherwise ForUser()/ForSystem()
+    # would return the already-cached ~/.gitconfig instance of the parent.
+    _ForUser = None
+    _ForSystem = None
+
     @staticmethod
     def _getUserConfig():
         repo_config_dir = os.getenv("REPO_CONFIG_DIR", os.path.expanduser("~"))