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files.makedirs has no apparent effect

See original GitHub issue

bad:

    files.download(src=...     dest=dl)
    files.makedirs(local, exist_ok=True)  # this has no effect
    server.shell([
        f"aunpack --extract-to={local} {dl}",
    ])

--> Starting operation: Files/Download (src=https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/releases/download/v0.24.4/kitty-0.24.4-x86_64.txz, dest=/tmp/kitty-0.24.4-x86_64.txz)
    [slash] No changes

--> Starting operation: Server/Shell (['aunpack --extract-to=/home/drewp/.local/kitty /tmp/kitty-0.24.4-x86_64.txz'])
    [slash] tar: /home/drewp/.local/kitty: Cannot open: No such file or directory
    [slash] tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
    [slash] aunpack: xz ... | tar ...: non-zero return-code
    [slash] Error

good:

    files.download(src=...     dest=dl)
    files.makedirs(local, exist_ok=True)
    server.shell([
        f"mkdir -p {local}",  # this workaround fixed it
        f"aunpack --extract-to={local} {dl}",
    ])

--> Starting operation: Files/Download (src=https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/releases/download/v0.24.4/kitty-0.24.4-x86_64.txz, dest=/tmp/kitty-0.24.4-x86_64.txz)
    [slash] No changes

--> Starting operation: Server/Shell (['mkdir -p /home/drewp/.local/kitty', 'aunpack --extract-to=/home/drewp/.local/kitty /tmp/kitty-0.24.4-x86_64.txz'])
    [slash] Success

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