@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ Ansible Changes By Release

 * updated porting guide with notes for callbacks and config

 * Added backwards compatiblity shim for callbacks that do not inherit from CallbackBase

 * Corrected issue with configuration and multiple ini entries being overwriten even when not set.

+* backported fix for doc generation (plugin_formatter)

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@@ -120,6 +120,9 @@ def write_data(text, output_dir, outputname, module=None):

     if output_dir is not None:

         if module:

             outputname = outputname % module

+

+        if not os.path.exists(output_dir):

+            os.makedirs(output_dir)

         fname = os.path.join(output_dir, outputname)

         fname = fname.replace(".py", "")

         with open(fname, 'wb') as f: