From: Junio C Hamano <hidden> Date: 2016-06-15 23:01:03
Jonathan Nieder [off-list ref] writes:
quoted
Please make it a habit to use "test -f" when you expect "the path
exists as a file", not merely "something exists there I do not care
if it is a file or a directory", for which "test -e" is perfectly
appropriate.
Or, better in tests,
test_path_is_file testcase
which prints an error instead of just silently failing when
the path is not a file.