Re: [PATCH v2 1/1] t1403: verify that path exists and is a file

>
> On Tue, Mar 04, 2025 at 02:57:22PM +0530, Mahendra Dani wrote:
> > test -e does not provide a nice error message when
> > we hit test failures, so use test_path_exists() instead
> > and verify that if the path exists then it is a file using test_path_is_file().
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Mahendra Dani <danimahendra0904@gmail.com>
> > ---
> >  t/t1403-show-ref.sh | 3 ++-
> >  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/t/t1403-show-ref.sh b/t/t1403-show-ref.sh
> > index 9d698b3cc3..4afde01a29 100755
> > --- a/t/t1403-show-ref.sh
> > +++ b/t/t1403-show-ref.sh
> > @@ -196,7 +196,8 @@ test_expect_success 'show-ref --verify with dangling ref' '
> >
> >       remove_object() {
> >               file=$(sha1_file "$*") &&
> > -             test -e "$file" &&
> > +             test_path_exists "$file" &&
> > +             test_path_is_file "$file" &&
> >               rm -f "$file"
> >       } &&
>
> There is no need to execute both functions. The underlying
> implementation of these functions use `test -e` and `test -f`,
> respectively. The former merely checks whether a path exists, whereas
> the latter verifies that the path is a file. It follows that when the
> path is a file it also has to exist, so using `test -e` (or rather its
> wrapper function `test_path_exists`) is redundant.
>
> Patrick