Subject: Re: [GSOC PATCH] t7003: modernize path existence checks using test helpers

From: Junio C Hamano <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 09 Feb 2026 10:11:14 -0800

SoutrikDas <[email-masked]> 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 <[email-masked]>
> ---
>  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.