add FileExists and DirExists for checking what is at a path

FileExists reports whether a path holds a regular file and DirExists whether it
holds a directory, both answering false for anything they cannot look at.
Comes with doc comments and table-driven tests. (closes #15)

Model: opus-5

exists_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+package util
+
+import (
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestFileExistsAndDirExists(t *testing.T) {
+	root := t.TempDir()
+
+	file := filepath.Join(root, "a-file")
+	if err := os.WriteFile(file, []byte("contents"), 0644); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("could not write the test file: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	directory := filepath.Join(root, "a-directory")
+	if err := os.Mkdir(directory, 0755); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("could not make the test directory: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	linkToFile := filepath.Join(root, "link-to-file")
+	if err := os.Symlink(file, linkToFile); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("could not make the test link: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	brokenLink := filepath.Join(root, "broken-link")
+	if err := os.Symlink(filepath.Join(root, "nothing-here"), brokenLink); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("could not make the broken test link: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		name          string
+		path          string
+		expectedFile  bool
+		expectedIsDir bool
+	}{
+		{"a regular file", file, true, false},
+		{"a directory", directory, false, true},
+		{"a link to a file", linkToFile, true, false},
+		{"a link to nothing", brokenLink, false, false},
+		{"a path that is not there", filepath.Join(root, "missing"), false, false},
+		{"a path whose parent is not there", filepath.Join(root, "missing", "deeper"), false, false},
+		{"the empty path", "", false, false},
+	}
+
+	for _, test := range tests {
+		t.Run(test.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			if got := FileExists(test.path); got != test.expectedFile {
+				t.Errorf("FileExists: expected %v got %v", test.expectedFile, got)
+			}
+			if got := DirExists(test.path); got != test.expectedIsDir {
+				t.Errorf("DirExists: expected %v got %v", test.expectedIsDir, got)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}