From: Junio C Hamano Date: Mon, 09 Feb 2026 18:11:14 GMT Subject: Re: [GSOC PATCH] t7003: modernize path existence checks using test helpers Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <20260209172445.39536-1-valusoutrik@gmail.com> SoutrikDas writes: > Replace direct uses of 'test -f' and 'test -d' with > git's helper functions 'test_path_is_file' , > 'test_path_is_missing' and 'test_path_is_dir' > > Signed-off-by: SoutrikDas > --- > t/t7003-filter-branch.sh | 12 ++++++------ > 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/t/t7003-filter-branch.sh b/t/t7003-filter-branch.sh > index 5ab4d41ee7..c475769858 100755 > --- a/t/t7003-filter-branch.sh > +++ b/t/t7003-filter-branch.sh > @@ -92,8 +92,8 @@ test_expect_success 'rewrite, renaming a specific file' ' > > test_expect_success 'test that the file was renamed' ' > test D = "$(git show HEAD:doh --)" && > - ! test -f D.t && > - test -f doh && > + test_path_is_missing D.t && > + test_path_is_file doh && > test D = "$(cat doh)" > ' > @@ -103,10 +103,10 @@ test_expect_success 'rewrite, renaming a specific directory' ' > > test_expect_success 'test that the directory was renamed' ' > test dir/D = "$(git show HEAD:diroh/D.t --)" && > - ! test -d dir && > - test -d diroh && > - ! test -d diroh/dir && > - test -f diroh/D.t && > + test_path_is_missing dir && > + test_path_is_dir diroh && > + test_path_is_missing diroh/dir && > + test_path_is_file diroh/D.t && > test dir/D = "$(cat diroh/D.t)" > ' All the checks involving "is-missing" are now stricter than the original, in that they used to allow "dir" to exist as long as it is not a directory, etc., but if we audited the code that leads to these tests can never create a "dir" that is a regular file or something that is not a directory (which *I* did *NOT*, but presumably you have already done so?---if so that is worth noting in the proposed log message), then "test ! -d dir" that is rewritten to "test_path_is_missing dir" is actually a _better_ test. Thanks.