WA-VERIFY-101: Audit deprecated File.exists?/Dir.exists? usage (Ruby 3.x)

[kitcommerce]

Summary

Audit for deprecated File.exists? / Dir.exists? usage (Ruby 3.x compatibility). These are deprecated in favor of exist?.

Approach

Run detection:

cd /Users/Shared/openclaw/projects/workarea-modernization/repos/workarea
rg -n "\\b(File|Dir)\\.exists\\?\\b" core admin storefront | head -n 200

Objective

• Confirm Workarea does not call deprecated *.exists? methods.
• If present, replace with exist?.

Client Impact

None expected (behavior should remain equivalent).

Acceptance Criteria

• All File.exists? / Dir.exists? call sites audited
• Deprecated calls replaced with exist?
• Add/adjust tests if any edge-case behavior is affected

Verification Plan

• Run targeted tests.
• Re-run detection and confirm no remaining matches.

[kitcommerce]

PR opened: https://github.com/workarea-commerce/workarea/pull/1109\n\nMoving to status:ready-for-review.