gistfile1.txt

diff --git a/git-am.sh b/git-am.sh
index c092855..875d42a 100755
--- a/git-am.sh
+++ b/git-am.sh
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ fall_back_3way () {
     O_OBJECT=`cd "$GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY" && pwd`
 
     rm -fr "$dotest"/patch-merge-*
-    mkdir "$dotest/patch-merge-tmp-dir"
+    mkdir -p "$dotest/patch-merge-tmp-dir"
 
     # First see if the patch records the index info that we can use.
     cmd="git apply $git_apply_opt --build-fake-ancestor" &&