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From: Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>
To: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Cc: "Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason" <avarab@gmail.com>,
	"Duy Nguyen" <pclouds@gmail.com>,
	"Rohit Ashiwal via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>,
	"Git Mailing List" <git@vger.kernel.org>,
	"Junio C Hamano" <gitster@pobox.com>,
	"Rohit Ashiwal" <rohit.ashiwal265@gmail.com>,
	"SZEDER Gábor" <szeder.dev@gmail.com>,
	"Matthieu Moy" <git@matthieu-moy.fr>
Subject: Re: Do test-path_is_{file,dir,exists} make sense anymore with -x?
Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2019 20:58:43 +0100 (STD)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <nycvar.QRO.7.76.6.1902262055260.41@tvgsbejvaqbjf.bet> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20190226173542.GC19606@sigill.intra.peff.net>

Hi,

On Tue, 26 Feb 2019, Jeff King wrote:

> I had a vague notion that there was some reason (portability?) that we
> preferred to have the wrappers. But as your patch shows, they really are
> just calling "test" and nothing else.

Let's also not forget about the fact that `test -f` is actually not all
that intuitive an interface. Whereas even somebody without training in
software development (let alone Unix shell scripting) understands the
meaning of

	test_path_is_file this-file.txt

And even for a trained eye, the trace of `test -f` is sometimes hard to
read, as you do *not* see the exit code in the trace, so you have to guess
from circumstantial evidence whether it failed or succeeded.

Ciao,
Dscho

  reply	other threads:[~2019-02-26 19:59 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 42+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2019-02-26 13:42 [PATCH 0/1] [GSoC][PATCH] tests: replace test -(d|f) with test_path_is_(dir|file) Rohit Ashiwal via GitGitGadget
2019-02-26 13:42 ` [PATCH 1/1] tests: replace `test -(d|f)` " Rohit Ashiwal via GitGitGadget
2019-02-26 14:04   ` Duy Nguyen
2019-02-26 16:10     ` Do test-path_is_{file,dir,exists} make sense anymore with -x? Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2019-02-26 17:04       ` SZEDER Gábor
2019-02-26 17:43         ` Jeff King
2019-02-26 19:39           ` SZEDER Gábor
2019-02-26 21:01             ` Jeff King
2019-03-03 16:04               ` SZEDER Gábor
2019-03-05  4:55                 ` Jeff King
2019-03-04 14:36               ` SZEDER Gábor
2019-03-05  4:58                 ` Jeff King
2019-02-26 17:48         ` Matthieu Moy
2019-02-26 18:24           ` Jeff King
2019-02-26 17:35       ` Jeff King
2019-02-26 19:58         ` Johannes Schindelin [this message]
2019-02-26 21:02           ` Jeff King
2019-02-27 10:01       ` Duy Nguyen
2019-03-01  2:52       ` Junio C Hamano
2019-02-26 16:01   ` [PATCH 1/1] tests: replace `test -(d|f)` with test_path_is_(dir|file) Johannes Schindelin
2019-02-26 16:30   ` Martin Ågren
2019-02-26 18:29     ` Rohit Ashiwal
2019-02-26 19:52       ` Johannes Schindelin
2019-02-26 20:01         ` Rohit Ashiwal
2019-02-27  5:49           ` Martin Ågren
2019-02-26 14:26 ` [PATCH v2 0/1] [GSoC][PATCH] t3600: use test_path_is_dir and test_path_is_file Rohit Ashiwal via GitGitGadget
2019-02-26 14:26   ` [PATCH v2 1/1] " Rohit Ashiwal via GitGitGadget
2019-02-26 16:37     ` SZEDER Gábor
2019-02-26 18:40       ` Rohit Ashiwal
2019-02-26 20:02         ` Johannes Schindelin
2019-02-26 20:05           ` Rohit Ashiwal
2019-02-26 22:48   ` [PATCH v3 0/1] [GSoC][PATCH] t3600: use test_path_is_* helper functions Rohit Ashiwal via GitGitGadget
2019-02-26 22:48     ` [PATCH v3 1/1] t3600: use test_path_is_* functions Rohit Ashiwal via GitGitGadget
2019-02-27 10:12       ` Duy Nguyen
2019-02-28 10:26     ` [PATCH v4 0/1] [GSoC][PATCH] t3600: use test_path_is_* helper functions Rohit Ashiwal via GitGitGadget
2019-02-28 10:26       ` [PATCH v4 1/1] t3600: use test_path_is_* functions Rohit Ashiwal via GitGitGadget
2019-02-28 19:02         ` [GSoC] acknowledging mistakes Rohit Ashiwal
2019-03-01  2:51           ` Junio C Hamano
2019-03-01 13:13             ` Feeling confused a little bit Rohit Ashiwal
2019-03-02  4:24               ` Rafael Ascensão
2019-03-02 14:46               ` Thomas Gummerer
2019-03-02 16:21                 ` [GSoC] Thanking Rohit Ashiwal

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