diff --git a/clean.do b/clean.do
index fa794a7..fa19135 100644
--- a/clean.do
+++ b/clean.do
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+exec >&2
 rm -rf t/.redo redo-sh
 if [ -e .do_built ]; then
 	while read x; do
diff --git a/minimal/do b/minimal/do
index a586786..e603cfb 100755
--- a/minimal/do
+++ b/minimal/do
@@ -322,10 +322,10 @@ _dir_shovel()
 	xdir=$1 xbase=$2 xbasetmp=$2
 	while [ ! -d "$xdir" -a -n "$xdir" ]; do
 		_dirsplit "${xdir%/}"
-		xbasetmp=${_dirsplit_base}__$xbase
+		xbasetmp=${_dirsplit_base}__$xbasetmp
 		xdir=$_dirsplit_dir xbase=$_dirsplit_base/$xbase
-		_debug "xbasetmp='$xbasetmp'" >&2
 	done
+	_debug "xbasetmp='$xbasetmp'" >&2
 }
 
 
diff --git a/t/250-makedir/autosubdir/all.do b/t/250-makedir/autosubdir/all.do
index 6f8aeb8..012e448 100644
--- a/t/250-makedir/autosubdir/all.do
+++ b/t/250-makedir/autosubdir/all.do
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
-rm -rf sub.tmp
+rm -rf sub.tmp sub2.tmp sub3.tmp
+
 redo-ifchange sub.tmp/test.txt
 [ -e sub.tmp/test.txt ] || exit 96
+
+redo-ifchange sub2.tmp/a/b/c/test.txt
+[ -e sub2.tmp/a/b/c/test.txt ] || exit 97
+
+mkdir -p sub3.tmp/a
+redo-ifchange sub3.tmp/a/b/c/test.txt
+[ -e sub2.tmp/a/b/c/test.txt ] || exit 98