From 0ecae43d2f600ed79af15bf58c48be817b02da34 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: KernelDeimos <7225168+KernelDeimos@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2026 18:50:23 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] clean: remove dead code in hl_mkdir

Remove a method in hl_mkdir which was determined to not be referred to
anywhere. hl_mkdir was re-tested to verify that this did not cause a
regression.
---
 .../src/filesystem/hl_operations/hl_mkdir.js  | 27 -------------------
 1 file changed, 27 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/src/filesystem/hl_operations/hl_mkdir.js b/src/backend/src/filesystem/hl_operations/hl_mkdir.js
index 83a29811c..07d505acf 100644
--- a/src/backend/src/filesystem/hl_operations/hl_mkdir.js
+++ b/src/backend/src/filesystem/hl_operations/hl_mkdir.js
@@ -435,33 +435,6 @@ class HLMkdir extends HLFilesystemOperation {
         return tree_op.leaves[0];
     }
 
-    async _get_existing_parent ({ parent_node }) {
-        const { context, values } = this;
-        const { _path } = this.modules;
-        const fs = context.get('services').get('filesystem');
-
-        const target_dirname = _path.dirname(values.path);
-        const dirs = target_dirname === '.' ? []
-            : target_dirname.split('/').filter(Boolean);
-
-        let current = parent_node.selector;
-        for ( let i = 0 ; i < dirs.length ; i++ ) {
-            current = new NodeChildSelector(current, dirs[i]);
-        }
-
-        const node = await fs.node(current);
-
-        if ( ! await node.exists() ) {
-            throw APIError.create('dest_does_not_exist');
-        }
-
-        if ( ! node.entry.is_dir ) {
-            throw APIError.create('dest_is_not_a_directory');
-        }
-
-        return node;
-    }
-
     /**
      * Creates a directory and all its ancestors.
      *