From b787e17924612042a1e0f2224b7b8dfde1cb6ce2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Paul Gauthier <paul@aider.chat>
Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2025 10:53:55 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Revert "feat: better place to create history file dirs
 (InputOutput ctr)"

This reverts commit f695e71398e4786f5eca4b57e4b9ce4f9455a8ce.
---
 aider/io.py | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/aider/io.py b/aider/io.py
index 46621cfce..f0000e965 100644
--- a/aider/io.py
+++ b/aider/io.py
@@ -308,11 +308,9 @@ class InputOutput:
         self.yes = yes
 
         self.input_history_file = input_history_file
-        Path(self.input_history_file).parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
         self.llm_history_file = llm_history_file
         if chat_history_file is not None:
             self.chat_history_file = Path(chat_history_file)
-            self.chat_history_file.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
         else:
             self.chat_history_file = None
 
@@ -733,6 +731,7 @@ class InputOutput:
         if not self.input_history_file:
             return
         try:
+            Path(self.input_history_file).parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
             FileHistory(self.input_history_file).append_string(inp)
             # Also add to the in-memory history if it exists
             if self.prompt_session and self.prompt_session.history:
@@ -1118,6 +1117,7 @@ class InputOutput:
             text += "\n"
         if self.chat_history_file is not None:
             try:
+                self.chat_history_file.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
                 with self.chat_history_file.open("a", encoding=self.encoding, errors="ignore") as f:
                     f.write(text)
             except (PermissionError, OSError) as err: