From 5089a010584b0937329ef2e920c96adb32ae5b7d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nikita Smith <git.nikita.smith@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 12 May 2026 18:23:29 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] change make_directory behavior on Linux to match Windows
 behavior

---
 src/linux/base/linux_base.c                               | 5 +++++
 src/metagen/metagen_os/core/linux/metagen_os_core_linux.c | 1 +
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 src/metagen/metagen_os/core/linux/metagen_os_core_linux.c

diff --git a/src/linux/base/linux_base.c b/src/linux/base/linux_base.c
index a8e31b9a..93a4a47c 100644
--- a/src/linux/base/linux_base.c
+++ b/src/linux/base/linux_base.c
@@ -1159,6 +1159,11 @@ make_directory(String8 path)
   {
     result = 1;
   }
+  else
+  {
+    // match windows behavior
+    result = file_path_exists(path);
+  }
   scratch_end(scratch);
   return result;
 }
diff --git a/src/metagen/metagen_os/core/linux/metagen_os_core_linux.c b/src/metagen/metagen_os/core/linux/metagen_os_core_linux.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8b137891
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/metagen/metagen_os/core/linux/metagen_os_core_linux.c
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+