Removing utils.file_exists and replacing with os.path.isfile

pelican/__init__.py

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ from pelican.generators import (ArticlesGenerator, PagesGenerator,
 from pelican.log import init
 from pelican.settings import read_settings
 from pelican.utils import (clean_output_dir, files_changed, file_changed,
-                           file_exists, NoFilesError)
+                           NoFilesError)
 from pelican.writers import Writer
 
 __major__ = 3
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ def get_config(args):
 def get_instance(args):
 
     config_file = args.settings
-    if config_file is None and file_exists(DEFAULT_CONFIG_NAME):
+    if config_file is None and os.path.isfile(DEFAULT_CONFIG_NAME):
             config_file = DEFAULT_CONFIG_NAME
 
     settings = read_settings(config_file, override=get_config(args))

pelican/utils.py

@@ -268,14 +268,6 @@ def copy(path, source, destination, destination_path=None, overwrite=False):
         logger.warning('skipped copy %s to %s' % (source_, destination_))
 
 
-def file_exists(path):
-    """Checks path exists and is a file
-
-    :param path: the path to be checked
-    """
-    return os.path.exists(path) and os.path.isfile(path)
-
-
 def clean_output_dir(path):
     """Remove all the files from the output directory"""