Yeah, there are a lot of cases where "does not exists" as an "error" needs to be treated differently. I tried making a "read from this file, return a default value if it does not exist" function without using fs.exists, and was unable to do so efficiently without relying on undocumented error code values [1]. It's very unclear if that code will work on different versions of node let alone different operating systems. It's vitally important in cases like "rename this file to a backup before overwriting" that an "error" in the process is treated differently than "file does not exists", so fs.exists does serve a purpose, even if its signature could have been designed in a more conformant manner.
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