Fix copy local files to nested remote target folder

src/aiida/engine/daemon/execmanager.py

@@ -373,7 +373,7 @@ async def _copy_local_files(logger, node, transport, inputs, local_copy_list, wo
                 # If the source object is a directory, we copy its entire contents
                 data_node.base.repository.copy_tree(filepath_target, filename_source)
                 await transport.put_async(
-                    f'{dirpath}/*',
+                    f'{filepath_target}/.',
                     workdir.joinpath(target) if target else workdir.joinpath('.'),
                     overwrite=True,
                 )

src/aiida/transports/plugins/ssh.py

@@ -729,6 +729,12 @@ def mkdir(self, path: TransportPath, ignore_existing: bool = False):
         if ignore_existing and self.isdir(path):
             return
 
+        # check and create the parent directories recursively
+        parent_path = os.path.dirname(path)
+
+        if not self.isdir(parent_path):
+            self.mkdir(parent_path, ignore_existing=True)
+
         try:
             self.sftp.mkdir(path)
         except OSError as exc:

tests/engine/daemon/test_execmanager.py

@@ -145,6 +145,7 @@ def test_retrieve_files_from_list(
         (['sub', None], {'b': 'file_b'}),
         ([None, 'target'], {'target': {'sub': {'b': 'file_b'}, 'a': 'file_a'}}),
         (['sub', 'target'], {'target': {'b': 'file_b'}}),
+        (['sub', 'target/another-sub'], {'target': {'another-sub': {'b': 'file_b'}}}),
     ),
 )
 def test_upload_local_copy_list(