From 1aea9f17078e1f3b4d43433aed98ce4cbf07176c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andrew Pennebaker <n4jm4@pm.me>
Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2026 14:00:11 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] apply auto_write_dirs control field

---
 cpio-archive/src/odc.rs | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/cpio-archive/src/odc.rs b/cpio-archive/src/odc.rs
index 486a44c06..a8fa2a881 100644
--- a/cpio-archive/src/odc.rs
+++ b/cpio-archive/src/odc.rs
@@ -397,6 +397,10 @@ impl<W: Write + Sized> OdcBuilder<W> {
 
         let mut bytes_written = 0;
 
+        if !self.auto_write_dirs {
+            return Ok(bytes_written)
+        }
+
         for idx in 1..parts.len() {
             let dir = parts
                 .clone()