Adjust settings in InitalizeCase

src/fmu/dataio/dataio.py

@@ -724,8 +724,9 @@ class InitializeCase:  # pylint: disable=too-few-public-methods
             FMU_GLOBAL_CONFIG pointing to a file is provided, then it will attempt to
             parse that file instead.
         rootfolder: To override the automatic and actual ``rootpath``. Absolute path to
-            the case root. If not provided (which is not recommended), the rootpath
-            will be attempted parsed from the file structure or by other means.
+            the case root, including case name. If not provided (which is not
+            recommended), the rootpath will be attempted parsed from the file structure
+            or by other means.
         casename: Name of case (experiment)
         caseuser: Username provided
         restart_from: ID of eventual restart
@@ -778,8 +779,8 @@ def _establish_pwd_casepath(self):
         """
         self._pwd = Path().absolute()
 
-        if self.rootfolder and self.casename:
-            self._casepath = self.rootfolder / self.casename
+        if self.rootfolder:
+            self._casepath = Path(self.rootfolder)
         else:
             logger.info("Emit UserWarning")
             warn(
@@ -793,6 +794,11 @@ def _establish_pwd_casepath(self):
         logger.info("Set rootpath (case): %s", str(self._casepath))
 
     def _check_already_metadata_or_create_folder(self, force=False) -> bool:
+
+        if not self._casepath.exists():
+            self._casepath.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+            logger.info("Created rootpath (case) %s", self._casepath)
+
         metadata_path = self._casepath / "share/metadata"
         self._metafile = metadata_path / "fmu_case.yml"
         logger.info("The requested metafile is %s", self._metafile)

tests/test_units/test_initialize_case.py

@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ def test_inicase_pwd_basepath_explicit(fmurun, globalconfig2):
 
     logger.info("Casepath is %s", icase._casepath)
 
-    assert icase._casepath == myroot / "mycase"
+    assert icase._casepath == myroot
     assert icase._pwd == fmurun
 
 
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ def test_inicase_generate_case_metadata_exists_but_force(
 
     icase = InitializeCase(globalconfig2, verbosity="INFO")
     icase.export(
-        rootfolder=casemetafolder.parent,
+        rootfolder=casemetafolder,
         force=True,
         casename="ertrun1",
         caseuser="guffen",