Merge pull request #7036 from mih/touch-create

Let `create` touch the dataset root, if not saving in parent dataset
datalad · Sep 16, 2022 · 06702c7 · 06702c7
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diff --git a/changelog.d/pr-7036.md b/changelog.d/pr-7036.md
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+### Bug Fixes
+
+- Let `create` touch the dataset root, if not saving in parent dataset.  [PR
+  #7036](https://github.com/datalad/datalad/pull/7036) (by
+  [@mih](https://github.com/mih))
diff --git a/datalad/core/local/create.py b/datalad/core/local/create.py
@@ -450,6 +450,12 @@ def __call__(
                 return_type='generator',
                 result_renderer='disabled',
             )
+        else:
+            # if we do not save, we touch the root directory of the new
+            # dataset to signal a change in the nature of the directory.
+            # this is useful for apps like datalad-gooey (or other
+            # inotify consumers) to pick up on such changes.
+            tbds.pathobj.touch()
 
         res.update({'status': 'ok'})
         yield res