Use fs.statSync?

[joliss]

Currently, fs.existsSync is implemented in terms of fs.statSync. I think this module can copy that logic and be much simpler as a result.

statSync already follows symlinks automatically and throws an ENOENT error on broken symlinks, unlike lstatSync, so no special handling is needed for that.

[trabus]

@joliss I'm absolutely open to doing that, I don't know why I didn't realize stat followed symlinks.

I'll try and find some time to refactor this weekend.

[stefanpenner]

Thanks guys

[trabus]

@joliss I tried swapping in statSync instead of lstatSync, but I'm unable to get it working with my tests. :(
It refuses to follow the symlinks I've setup in my tests, and throws ENOENT errors on symlinks that worked with lstatSync. Maybe I'm doing something wrong with my setup?

[nathanhammond]

fs.existsSync has been un-deprecated. Any further changes to this should only address known bugs. In light of that I'm closing this issue.