Bugfix: cloning a site overlay when parent dir does not exist

Signed-off-by: Jonathon Anderson <janderson@ciq.com>

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -17,14 +17,15 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/).
 
 - Restore default idempotency of `PUT /api/nodes/{id}`
 - `DELETE /api/overlays/{name}?force=true` can delete overlays that are in use
-
-### Changed
-
 - `warewulfd` overlay autobuild rebuilds overlays after node discovery. #1468
 ### Fixed
 
 - Improved netplan support. #1873
 
+### Fixed
+
+- Fixed a bug when cloning an overlay to site when parent is missing
+
 ## v4.6.2, 2025-07-09
 
 ### Added

internal/pkg/overlay/config.go

@@ -68,8 +68,8 @@ func (overlay Overlay) CloneSiteOverlay() (siteOverlay Overlay, err error) {
 	if siteOverlay.Exists() {
 		return siteOverlay, fmt.Errorf("site overlay already exists: %s", siteOverlay.Name())
 	}
-	if !util.IsDir(filepath.Dir(overlay.Path())) {
-		if err := os.MkdirAll(filepath.Dir(overlay.Path()), 0o755); err != nil {
+	if !util.IsDir(filepath.Dir(siteOverlay.Path())) {
+		if err := os.MkdirAll(filepath.Dir(siteOverlay.Path()), 0o755); err != nil {
 			return siteOverlay, err
 		}
 	}

internal/pkg/overlay/overlay.go

@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ func FindOverlays() (overlayList []string) {
 		files = append(files, distfiles...)
 	}
 	if sitefiles, err := os.ReadDir(controller.Paths.SiteOverlaydir()); err != nil {
-		wwlog.Warn("error reading overalys from %s: %s", controller.Paths.SiteOverlaydir(), err)
+		wwlog.Warn("error reading overlays from %s: %s", controller.Paths.SiteOverlaydir(), err)
 	} else {
 		files = append(files, sitefiles...)
 	}

internal/pkg/warewulfd/api/overlay_test.go

@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ func TestOverlayAPI(t *testing.T) {
 		assert.NoError(t, err)
 		assert.NoError(t, resp.Body.Close())
 
-		assert.JSONEq(t, `{"files":["/email.ww"], "site":false}`, string(body))
+		assert.JSONEq(t, `{"files":["/email.ww"], "site":true}`, string(body))
 
 		// get again
 		req, err = http.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, srv.URL+"/api/overlays/testoverlay/file?path=email.ww", nil)
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ func TestOverlayAPI(t *testing.T) {
 		assert.NoError(t, err)
 		assert.NoError(t, resp.Body.Close())
 
-		assert.JSONEq(t, `{"test":{"files":null, "site":true},"testoverlay":{"files":["/email.ww"], "site":false}}`, string(body))
+		assert.JSONEq(t, `{"test":{"files":null, "site":true},"testoverlay":{"files":["/email.ww"], "site":true}}`, string(body))
 	})
 
 	t.Run("test delete overlay file", func(t *testing.T) {