From c085375531af76157097409bfe93f1124f824354 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jon Evans <jon@craftyjon.com>
Date: Sun, 25 Oct 2020 16:56:22 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Create color settings path if missing

Fixes https://gitlab.com/kicad/code/kicad/-/issues/5274
---
 common/settings/settings_manager.cpp | 10 ++++++++++
 include/settings/settings_manager.h  |  2 +-
 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/common/settings/settings_manager.cpp b/common/settings/settings_manager.cpp
index c832180420..ab3b8987c8 100644
--- a/common/settings/settings_manager.cpp
+++ b/common/settings/settings_manager.cpp
@@ -573,6 +573,16 @@ wxString SETTINGS_MANAGER::GetColorSettingsPath()
     path.AssignDir( GetUserSettingsPath() );
     path.AppendDir( "colors" );
 
+    if( !path.DirExists() )
+    {
+        if( !wxMkdir( path.GetPath() ) )
+        {
+            wxLogTrace( traceSettings,
+                        "GetColorSettingsPath(): Path %s missing and could not be created!",
+                        path.GetPath() );
+        }
+    }
+
     return path.GetPath();
 }
 
diff --git a/include/settings/settings_manager.h b/include/settings/settings_manager.h
index eb1e6bc993..e3b81511f8 100644
--- a/include/settings/settings_manager.h
+++ b/include/settings/settings_manager.h
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ public:
     static bool IsSettingsPathValid( const wxString& aPath );
 
     /**
-     * Returns the path where color scheme files are stored
+     * Returns the path where color scheme files are stored; creating it if missing
      * (normally ./colors/ under the user settings path)
      */
     static wxString GetColorSettingsPath();