Subject: [PATCH v6] tests: use test_path_is_missing instead of '! test -f'

From: Jayesh Daga <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 2 Apr 2026 16:39:04 +0000

From: jayesh0104 <[email-masked]>

Using plain "test" commands in a sequence of checks chained
with `&&` makes it difficult to determine which step failed,
as "test" silently succeeds or fails.

In this case, we expect that `.git/refs/heads/f` no longer
exists. Replacing `! test -f` with `test_path_is_missing`
preserves the expected behavior when the file is absent,
but provides a clearer diagnostic when it unexpectedly
exists, making test failures easier to debug.

Signed-off-by: Jayesh Daga [[email-masked]]
---
 t/pack-refs-tests.sh | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/t/pack-refs-tests.sh b/t/pack-refs-tests.sh
index 2fdaccb6c7..4a85d96c6b 100644
--- a/t/pack-refs-tests.sh
+++ b/t/pack-refs-tests.sh
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ test_expect_success 'see if a branch still exists after git ${pack_refs} --prune
 test_expect_success 'see if git ${pack_refs} --prune remove ref files' '
 	git branch f &&
 	git ${pack_refs} --all --prune &&
-	! test -f .git/refs/heads/f
+	test_path_is_missing .git/refs/heads/f
 '
 
 test_expect_success 'see if git ${pack_refs} --prune removes empty dirs' '
-- 
2.43.0