Add file to subversion, while automatically adding parent directory node(s) if not added already

Question

When I want to add a file in a directory using

svn add directory/file.extension

and directory has not been added yet, I get an error that says that directory's node cannot be found and needs to be added first. So I can do

svn add directory --depth=empty
svn add directory/file.extension

Can I automate the last two steps? Perhaps with a fitting parameter to svn add?

Answer 1

Use the --parents option to svn add to add intermediate parents:

svn add --parents directory/file