Hi, On Tue, 26 Feb 2019, Jeff King wrote: > I had a vague notion that there was some reason (portability?) that we > preferred to have the wrappers. But as your patch shows, they really are > just calling "test" and nothing else. Let's also not forget about the fact that `test -f` is actually not all that intuitive an interface. Whereas even somebody without training in software development (let alone Unix shell scripting) understands the meaning of test_path_is_file this-file.txt And even for a trained eye, the trace of `test -f` is sometimes hard to read, as you do *not* see the exit code in the trace, so you have to guess from circumstantial evidence whether it failed or succeeded. Ciao, Dscho
