Avoid assigning variables before returning if we don't have to

These seemed pretty straight forward. There's a new Rubocop cop for these.

Signed-off-by: Tim Smith <tsmith@chef.io>

13 files changed, 23 insertions, 39 deletions

diff --git a/lib/chef/chef_fs/data_handler/organization_data_handler.rb b/lib/chef/chef_fs/data_handler/organization_data_handler.rb
index f107e8920b..01d227ffaf 100644
--- a/lib/chef/chef_fs/data_handler/organization_data_handler.rb
+++ b/lib/chef/chef_fs/data_handler/organization_data_handler.rb
@@ -5,14 +5,13 @@ class Chef
     module DataHandler
       class OrganizationDataHandler < DataHandlerBase
         def normalize(organization, entry)
-          result = normalize_hash(organization, {
+          normalize_hash(organization, {
             "name" => entry.org,
             "full_name" => entry.org,
             "org_type" => "Business",
             "clientname" => "#{entry.org}-validator",
             "billing_plan" => "platform-free",
           })
-          result
         end
 
         def preserve_key?(key)
diff --git a/lib/chef/cookbook/remote_file_vendor.rb b/lib/chef/cookbook/remote_file_vendor.rb
index e2a9798c8a..a6a6e96e06 100644
--- a/lib/chef/cookbook/remote_file_vendor.rb
+++ b/lib/chef/cookbook/remote_file_vendor.rb
@@ -72,10 +72,8 @@ class Chef
           Chef::Log.trace("Current checksum: #{current_checksum}; manifest checksum: #{found_manifest_record["checksum"]})")
         end
 
-        full_path_cache_filename = Chef::FileCache.load(cache_filename, false)
-
         # return the filename, not the contents (second argument= false)
-        full_path_cache_filename
+        Chef::FileCache.load(cache_filename, false)
       end
 
       def validate_cached_copy(cache_filename)
diff --git a/lib/chef/cookbook/syntax_check.rb b/lib/chef/cookbook/syntax_check.rb
index a654103a53..8b593eea81 100644
--- a/lib/chef/cookbook/syntax_check.rb
+++ b/lib/chef/cookbook/syntax_check.rb
@@ -120,8 +120,7 @@ class Chef
         path  = Chef::Util::PathHelper.escape_glob_dir(cookbook_path)
         files = Dir[File.join(path, "**", "*.rb")]
         files = remove_ignored_files(files)
-        files = remove_uninteresting_ruby_files(files)
-        files
+        remove_uninteresting_ruby_files(files)
       end
 
       def untested_ruby_files
diff --git a/lib/chef/data_bag.rb b/lib/chef/data_bag.rb
index 6be18dad58..af0560a640 100644
--- a/lib/chef/data_bag.rb
+++ b/lib/chef/data_bag.rb
@@ -59,12 +59,11 @@ class Chef
     end
 
     def to_h
-      result = {
+      {
         "name" => @name,
         "json_class" => self.class.name,
         "chef_type" => "data_bag",
       }
-      result
     end
 
     alias_method :to_hash, :to_h
diff --git a/lib/chef/environment.rb b/lib/chef/environment.rb
index 8a143632f1..c121e37880 100644
--- a/lib/chef/environment.rb
+++ b/lib/chef/environment.rb
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ class Chef
     end
 
     def to_h
-      result = {
+      {
         "name" => @name,
         "description" => @description,
         "cookbook_versions" => @cookbook_versions,
@@ -128,7 +128,6 @@ class Chef
         "default_attributes" => @default_attributes,
         "override_attributes" => @override_attributes,
       }
-      result
     end
 
     alias_method :to_hash, :to_h
diff --git a/lib/chef/knife/core/windows_bootstrap_context.rb b/lib/chef/knife/core/windows_bootstrap_context.rb
index 63d5ef9b51..8469879022 100644
--- a/lib/chef/knife/core/windows_bootstrap_context.rb
+++ b/lib/chef/knife/core/windows_bootstrap_context.rb
@@ -52,8 +52,7 @@ class Chef
         # will be interpreted by ruby later and do the right thing.
         def cleanpath(path)
           path = Pathname.new(path).cleanpath.to_s
-          path = path.gsub(File::SEPARATOR, '\\')
-          path
+          path.gsub(File::SEPARATOR, '\\')
         end
 
         def validation_key
diff --git a/lib/chef/mixin/openssl_helper.rb b/lib/chef/mixin/openssl_helper.rb
index a30ccb5f69..1321bccfee 100644
--- a/lib/chef/mixin/openssl_helper.rb
+++ b/lib/chef/mixin/openssl_helper.rb
@@ -369,8 +369,7 @@ class Chef
         revoked.add_extension(ext)
         crl.add_revoked(revoked)
 
-        crl = renew_x509_crl(crl, ca_private_key, info)
-        crl
+        renew_x509_crl(crl, ca_private_key, info)
       end
 
       # renew a X509 crl given
diff --git a/lib/chef/provider/package/snap.rb b/lib/chef/provider/package/snap.rb
index 338f2ec510..921227ad06 100644
--- a/lib/chef/provider/package/snap.rb
+++ b/lib/chef/provider/package/snap.rb
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ class Chef
             SNAP_OPTION
           end
 
-          multipart_form_data = <<~SNAP_S
+          <<~SNAP_S
             Host:
             Content-Type: multipart/form-data; boundary=#{snap_name}
             Content-Length: #{content_length}
@@ -320,7 +320,6 @@ class Chef
             <#{content_length} bytes of snap file data>
             --#{snap_name}
           SNAP_S
-          multipart_form_data
         end
 
         # Constructs json to post for snap changes
diff --git a/lib/chef/resource/chocolatey_feature.rb b/lib/chef/resource/chocolatey_feature.rb
index 3b24ebbc9c..66752fbd5d 100644
--- a/lib/chef/resource/chocolatey_feature.rb
+++ b/lib/chef/resource/chocolatey_feature.rb
@@ -89,8 +89,7 @@ class Chef
         # @param [String] action the name of the action to perform
         # @return [String] the choco feature command string
         def choco_cmd(action)
-          cmd = "#{ENV["ALLUSERSPROFILE"]}\\chocolatey\\bin\\choco feature #{action} --name #{new_resource.feature_name}"
-          cmd
+          "#{ENV["ALLUSERSPROFILE"]}\\chocolatey\\bin\\choco feature #{action} --name #{new_resource.feature_name}"
         end
       end
     end
diff --git a/lib/chef/resource/openssl_x509_certificate.rb b/lib/chef/resource/openssl_x509_certificate.rb
index a81b50d9b9..7b54ad2d6b 100644
--- a/lib/chef/resource/openssl_x509_certificate.rb
+++ b/lib/chef/resource/openssl_x509_certificate.rb
@@ -206,12 +206,11 @@ class Chef
         end
 
         def request
-          request = if new_resource.csr_file.nil?
-                      gen_x509_request(subject, key)
-                    else
-                      OpenSSL::X509::Request.new ::File.read(new_resource.csr_file)
-                    end
-          request
+          if new_resource.csr_file.nil?
+            gen_x509_request(subject, key)
+          else
+            OpenSSL::X509::Request.new ::File.read(new_resource.csr_file)
+          end
         end
 
         def subject
@@ -227,12 +226,11 @@ class Chef
         end
 
         def ca_private_key
-          ca_private_key = if new_resource.csr_file.nil?
-                             key
-                           else
-                             OpenSSL::PKey.read ::File.read(new_resource.ca_key_file), new_resource.ca_key_pass
-                           end
-          ca_private_key
+          if new_resource.csr_file.nil?
+            key
+          else
+            OpenSSL::PKey.read ::File.read(new_resource.ca_key_file), new_resource.ca_key_pass
+          end
         end
 
         def ca_info
@@ -258,8 +256,7 @@ class Chef
         end
 
         def cert
-          cert = gen_x509_cert(request, extensions, ca_info, ca_private_key)
-          cert
+          gen_x509_cert(request, extensions, ca_info, ca_private_key)
         end
       end
     end
diff --git a/lib/chef/resource/openssl_x509_crl.rb b/lib/chef/resource/openssl_x509_crl.rb
index 0a1abf577f..bd3c650c40 100644
--- a/lib/chef/resource/openssl_x509_crl.rb
+++ b/lib/chef/resource/openssl_x509_crl.rb
@@ -113,8 +113,7 @@ class Chef
         end
 
         def ca_private_key
-          ca_private_key = ::OpenSSL::PKey.read ::File.read(new_resource.ca_key_file), new_resource.ca_key_pass
-          ca_private_key
+          ::OpenSSL::PKey.read ::File.read(new_resource.ca_key_file), new_resource.ca_key_pass
         end
 
         def crl
diff --git a/lib/chef/role.rb b/lib/chef/role.rb
index 6125139ffe..9142f85d15 100644
--- a/lib/chef/role.rb
+++ b/lib/chef/role.rb
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ class Chef
     def to_h
       env_run_lists_without_default = @env_run_lists.dup
       env_run_lists_without_default.delete("_default")
-      result = {
+      {
         "name" => @name,
         "description" => @description,
         "json_class" => self.class.name,
@@ -149,7 +149,6 @@ class Chef
           accumulator
         end,
       }
-      result
     end
 
     alias_method :to_hash, :to_h
diff --git a/lib/chef/win32/registry.rb b/lib/chef/win32/registry.rb
index c31ae50e0b..6a9f229b27 100644
--- a/lib/chef/win32/registry.rb
+++ b/lib/chef/win32/registry.rb
@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@ class Chef
       end
 
       def get_type_from_num(val_type)
-        value = {
+        {
           3 => ::Win32::Registry::REG_BINARY,
           1 => ::Win32::Registry::REG_SZ,
           7 => ::Win32::Registry::REG_MULTI_SZ,
@@ -350,7 +350,6 @@ class Chef
           5 => ::Win32::Registry::REG_DWORD_BIG_ENDIAN,
           11 => ::Win32::Registry::REG_QWORD,
         }[val_type]
-        value
       end
 
       def create_missing(key_path)