t2003: modernize path existence checks using test helpers

The old style 'test -f' and 'test -d' checks are silent on failure, which makes debugging difficult. Replace them with the 'test_path_is_*' helpers which provide verbose error messages when a test fails. Signed-off-by: Burak Kaan Karaçay <bkkaracay@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

Burak Kaan Karaçay committed Feb 9, 2026 at 14:24 UTC 168d575719d944759964e004d17a3282b0f883d5
1 file changed +25 -25
t/t2003-checkout-cache-mkdir.sh
+25 -25
@@ -24,27 +24,28 @@ test_expect_success SYMLINKS 'have symlink in place where dir is expected.' '
24 mkdir path2 &&
25 ln -s path2 path1 &&
26 git checkout-index -f -a &&
27 - test ! -h path1 && test -d path1 &&
28 - test -f path1/file1 && test ! -f path2/file1
27 + test_path_is_dir_not_symlink path1 &&
28 + test_path_is_file path1/file1 &&
29 + test_path_is_missing path2/file1
30 '
31
32 test_expect_success 'use --prefix=path2/' '
33 rm -fr path0 path1 path2 &&
34 mkdir path2 &&
35 git checkout-index --prefix=path2/ -f -a &&
35 - test -f path2/path0 &&
36 - test -f path2/path1/file1 &&
37 - test ! -f path0 &&
38 - test ! -f path1/file1
36 + test_path_is_file path2/path0 &&
37 + test_path_is_file path2/path1/file1 &&
38 + test_path_is_missing path0 &&
39 + test_path_is_missing path1/file1
40 '
41
42 test_expect_success 'use --prefix=tmp-' '
43 rm -fr path0 path1 path2 tmp* &&
44 git checkout-index --prefix=tmp- -f -a &&
44 - test -f tmp-path0 &&
45 - test -f tmp-path1/file1 &&
46 - test ! -f path0 &&
47 - test ! -f path1/file1
45 + test_path_is_file tmp-path0 &&
46 + test_path_is_file tmp-path1/file1 &&
47 + test_path_is_missing path0 &&
48 + test_path_is_missing path1/file1
49 '
50
51 test_expect_success 'use --prefix=tmp- but with a conflicting file and dir' '
@@ -52,10 +53,10 @@ test_expect_success 'use --prefix=tmp- but with a conflicting file and dir' '
53 echo nitfol >tmp-path1 &&
54 mkdir tmp-path0 &&
55 git checkout-index --prefix=tmp- -f -a &&
55 - test -f tmp-path0 &&
56 - test -f tmp-path1/file1 &&
57 - test ! -f path0 &&
58 - test ! -f path1/file1
56 + test_path_is_file tmp-path0 &&
57 + test_path_is_file tmp-path1/file1 &&
58 + test_path_is_missing path0 &&
59 + test_path_is_missing path1/file1
60 '
61
62 test_expect_success SYMLINKS 'use --prefix=tmp/orary/ where tmp is a symlink' '
@@ -63,10 +64,10 @@ test_expect_success SYMLINKS 'use --prefix=tmp/orary/ where tmp is a symlink' '
64 mkdir tmp1 tmp1/orary &&
65 ln -s tmp1 tmp &&
66 git checkout-index --prefix=tmp/orary/ -f -a &&
66 - test -d tmp1/orary &&
67 - test -f tmp1/orary/path0 &&
68 - test -f tmp1/orary/path1/file1 &&
69 - test -h tmp
67 + test_path_is_dir tmp1/orary &&
68 + test_path_is_file tmp1/orary/path0 &&
69 + test_path_is_file tmp1/orary/path1/file1 &&
70 + test_path_is_symlink tmp
71 '
72
73 test_expect_success SYMLINKS 'use --prefix=tmp/orary- where tmp is a symlink' '
@@ -74,9 +75,9 @@ test_expect_success SYMLINKS 'use --prefix=tmp/orary- where tmp is a symlink' '
75 mkdir tmp1 &&
76 ln -s tmp1 tmp &&
77 git checkout-index --prefix=tmp/orary- -f -a &&
77 - test -f tmp1/orary-path0 &&
78 - test -f tmp1/orary-path1/file1 &&
79 - test -h tmp
78 + test_path_is_file tmp1/orary-path0 &&
79 + test_path_is_file tmp1/orary-path1/file1 &&
80 + test_path_is_symlink tmp
81 '
82
83 test_expect_success SYMLINKS 'use --prefix=tmp- where tmp-path1 is a symlink' '
@@ -84,10 +85,9 @@ test_expect_success SYMLINKS 'use --prefix=tmp- where tmp-path1 is a symlink' '
85 mkdir tmp1 &&
86 ln -s tmp1 tmp-path1 &&
87 git checkout-index --prefix=tmp- -f -a &&
87 - test -f tmp-path0 &&
88 - test ! -h tmp-path1 &&
89 - test -d tmp-path1 &&
90 - test -f tmp-path1/file1
88 + test_path_is_file tmp-path0 &&
89 + test_path_is_dir_not_symlink tmp-path1 &&
90 + test_path_is_file tmp-path1/file1
91 '
92
93 test_expect_success 'apply filter from working tree .gitattributes with --prefix' '