Re: [GSoC][PATCH v4 2/4] dir: add directory_exists

Junio C Hamano [off-list ref] writes:

Devin Lehmacher [off-list ref] writes:

quoted

+int directory_exists(const char *path)
+{
+	struct stat sb;
+	int ret = lstat(path, &sb);
+	return ret == 0 && S_ISDIR(sb.st_mode);
+}

I am not a great fan of using file_exists() [*1*] on anything other
than paths in the working tree (i.e. in preparation for checking
things out of or into the index), as ...
...
[Footnote]

*1* ... and friends, like safe_create_leading_directories().

I actually got things mixed up.  safe-create-leading-directories is
to be used only for paths inside .git/ (i.e. not for working tree
files, but for things like ".git/refs/heads/foo" when creating a
branch called foo/bar).