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@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"
> } &&
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
