diff --git a/history/operations.go b/history/operations.go
index 7b94436..4388916 100644
--- a/history/operations.go
+++ b/history/operations.go
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ package history
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
 	"sync"
 
 	"github.com/bouncepaw/mycorrhiza/util"
@@ -68,6 +70,7 @@ func (hop *HistoryOp) WithFilesRemoved(paths ...string) *HistoryOp {
 func (hop *HistoryOp) WithFilesRenamed(pairs map[string]string) *HistoryOp {
 	for from, to := range pairs {
 		if from != "" {
+			os.MkdirAll(filepath.Dir(to), 0777)
 			hop.gitop(append([]string{"mv"}, from, to)...)
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/metarrhiza b/metarrhiza
index c21b477..2c0e431 160000
--- a/metarrhiza
+++ b/metarrhiza
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit c21b47739bc149456acc205e2c5acfa4b9eeb9d7
+Subproject commit 2c0e43199ed28f7022a38463a0eec3af3ecb03c9