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@xxxxxxxxx> --- 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" } && -- 2.39.2 (Apple Git-143)