Remove _file_exists since only Pathy remotes are supported

spacy/cli/_util.py

@@ -331,32 +331,6 @@ def import_code(code_path: Optional[Union[Path, str]]) -> None:
             msg.fail(f"Couldn't load Python code: {code_path}", e, exits=1)
 
 
-def _file_exists(src: Union[str, "FluidPath"]) -> bool:
-    """Check if a (remote) file exists, if possible.
-
-    src (str / FluidPath): The URL to check.
-    """
-    try:
-        from pathy import Pathy
-
-        if isinstance(src, (Pathy, Path)):
-            if src.exists():
-                return True
-    except Exception:
-        pass
-
-    try:
-        import smart_open
-
-        with smart_open.open(src, mode="rb", compression="disable") as input_file:
-            pass
-        return True
-    except Exception:
-        pass
-
-    return False
-
-
 def upload_file(src: Path, dest: Union[str, "FluidPath"]) -> None:
     """Upload a file.
 

spacy/cli/project/remote_storage.py

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ from pathlib import Path
 from wasabi import msg
 
 from .._util import get_hash, get_checksum, upload_file, download_file
-from .._util import ensure_pathy, make_tempdir, _file_exists
+from .._util import ensure_pathy, make_tempdir
 from ...util import get_minor_version, ENV_VARS, check_bool_env_var
 from ...git_info import GIT_VERSION
 from ... import about
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ class RemoteStorage:
         if not loc.exists():
             raise IOError(f"Cannot push {loc}: does not exist.")
         url = self.make_url(path, command_hash, content_hash)
-        if _file_exists(url):
+        if url.exists():
             return url
         tmp: Path
         with make_tempdir() as tmp: