From b2ed65c17ad147e44fab334534f8fd1ad837d53c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jakub Jezek <jakubjezek001@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2023 16:06:01 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] pr comments

---
 openpype/pipeline/publish/lib.py | 11 ++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/openpype/pipeline/publish/lib.py b/openpype/pipeline/publish/lib.py
index a32b076775..b3d273781e 100644
--- a/openpype/pipeline/publish/lib.py
+++ b/openpype/pipeline/publish/lib.py
@@ -649,12 +649,21 @@ def get_instance_staging_dir(instance):
     custom_temp_dir = None
     if openpype_temp_dir:
         if "{" in openpype_temp_dir:
+            # path is anatomy template
             custom_temp_dir = _format_staging_dir(
                 instance, openpype_temp_dir
             )
-        elif os.path.exists(openpype_temp_dir):
+        else:
+            # path is absolute
             custom_temp_dir = openpype_temp_dir
 
+            if not os.path.exists(custom_temp_dir):
+                try:
+                    # create it if it doesnt exists
+                    os.makedirs(custom_temp_dir)
+                except IOError as error:
+                    raise IOError("Path couldn't be created: {}".format(error))
+
     if custom_temp_dir:
         staging_dir = os.path.normpath(
             tempfile.mkdtemp(