Fix #2628: Should -Exist uses -LiteralPath for paths with wildcard characters

nohwnd · Copilot · nohwnd · commit e302ab5a7295 · 2026-04-03T11:42:04.000+02:00
Copilot-generated fix.

Co-authored-by: Copilot &lt;223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com&gt;
diff --git a/src/functions/assertions/Exist.ps1 b/src/functions/assertions/Exist.ps1
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
     `Should -Exist` calls Test-Path. Test-Path expects a file,
     returns $false because the file was removed, and fails the test.
     #>
-    [bool] $succeeded = & $SafeCommands['Test-Path'] $ActualValue
+    [bool] $succeeded = & $SafeCommands['Test-Path'] -LiteralPath $ActualValue
 
     if ($Negate) {
         $succeeded = -not $succeeded
diff --git a/tst/functions/assertions/Exist.Tests.ps1 b/tst/functions/assertions/Exist.Tests.ps1
@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@ InPesterModuleScope {
             "TestDrive:\nonexistant" | Should -Not -Exist
         }
 
-        It 'works for path with escaped [ ] characters' {
+        It 'works for path with literal [ ] characters' {
             New-Item -Path "TestDrive:\[test].txt" -ItemType File | Out-Null
-            "TestDrive:\``[test``].txt"  | Should -Exist
+            "TestDrive:\[test].txt"  | Should -Exist
         }
 
         It 'returns correct result for function drive' {

Original file line number	Diff line number	Diff line change
`@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@ InPesterModuleScope {`
`11`	`11`	`"TestDrive:\nonexistant" \| Should -Not -Exist`
`12`	`12`	`}`
`13`	`13`
`14`		`- It 'works for path with escaped [ ] characters' {`
	`14`	`+ It 'works for path with literal [ ] characters' {`
`15`	`15`	`New-Item -Path "TestDrive:\[test].txt" -ItemType File \| Out-Null`
`16`		- "TestDrive:\``[test``].txt" \| Should -Exist
	`16`	`+ "TestDrive:\[test].txt" \| Should -Exist`
`17`	`17`	`}`
`18`	`18`
`19`	`19`	`It 'returns correct result for function drive' {`