fix some UselessAssignment caseslcg/useless-assignment

13 files changed, 13 insertions, 19 deletions

diff --git a/lib/chef/application/apply.rb b/lib/chef/application/apply.rb
index 38b00f293c..03c86b86f2 100644
--- a/lib/chef/application/apply.rb
+++ b/lib/chef/application/apply.rb
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ class Chef::Application::Apply < Chef::Application
       parse_options
       run_chef_recipe
       Chef::Application.exit! "Exiting", 0
-    rescue SystemExit => e
+    rescue SystemExit
       raise
     rescue Exception => e
       Chef::Application.debug_stacktrace(e)
diff --git a/lib/chef/application/windows_service.rb b/lib/chef/application/windows_service.rb
index 0328a65487..fca1ed3689 100644
--- a/lib/chef/application/windows_service.rb
+++ b/lib/chef/application/windows_service.rb
@@ -312,13 +312,13 @@ class Chef
           else
             ::File.open(config[:config_file]) { |f| apply_config(f.path) }
           end
-        rescue Errno::ENOENT => error
+        rescue Errno::ENOENT
           Chef::Log.warn("*****************************************")
           Chef::Log.warn("Did not find config file: #{config[:config_file]}, using command line options.")
           Chef::Log.warn("*****************************************")
 
           Chef::Config.merge!(config)
-        rescue SocketError => error
+        rescue SocketError
           Chef::Application.fatal!("Error getting config file #{Chef::Config[:config_file]}", 2)
         rescue Chef::Exceptions::ConfigurationError => error
           Chef::Application.fatal!("Error processing config file #{Chef::Config[:config_file]} with error #{error.message}", 2)
diff --git a/lib/chef/client.rb b/lib/chef/client.rb
index 7d2dcf8057..8ca0fd5e89 100644
--- a/lib/chef/client.rb
+++ b/lib/chef/client.rb
@@ -312,9 +312,7 @@ class Chef
         events.run_failed(run_error)
       ensure
         Chef::RequestID.instance.reset_request_id
-        request_id = nil
         @run_status = nil
-        run_context = nil
         runlock.release
       end
 
diff --git a/lib/chef/config_fetcher.rb b/lib/chef/config_fetcher.rb
index 13f9fc3825..acd2f07f5e 100644
--- a/lib/chef/config_fetcher.rb
+++ b/lib/chef/config_fetcher.rb
@@ -45,9 +45,9 @@ class Chef
 
     def read_local_config
       ::File.read(config_location)
-    rescue Errno::ENOENT => error
+    rescue Errno::ENOENT
       Chef::Application.fatal!("Cannot load configuration from #{config_location}", 2)
-    rescue Errno::EACCES => error
+    rescue Errno::EACCES
       Chef::Application.fatal!("Permissions are incorrect on #{config_location}. Please chmod a+r #{config_location}", 2)
     end
 
diff --git a/lib/chef/cookbook_loader.rb b/lib/chef/cookbook_loader.rb
index 72c878618e..bff77fa13b 100644
--- a/lib/chef/cookbook_loader.rb
+++ b/lib/chef/cookbook_loader.rb
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ class Chef
       @cookbooks_paths = Hash.new { |h, k| h[k] = [] } # for deprecation warnings
       @chefignores = {}
       @repo_paths = repo_paths.map do |repo_path|
-        repo_path = File.expand_path(repo_path)
+        File.expand_path(repo_path)
       end
 
       @preloaded_cookbooks = false
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ class Chef
     end
 
     def [](cookbook)
-      if @cookbooks_by_name.has_key?(cookbook.to_sym) or load_cookbook(cookbook.to_sym)
+      if @cookbooks_by_name.has_key?(cookbook.to_sym) || load_cookbook(cookbook.to_sym)
         @cookbooks_by_name[cookbook.to_sym]
       else
         raise Exceptions::CookbookNotFoundInRepo, "Cannot find a cookbook named #{cookbook}; did you forget to add metadata to a cookbook? (https://docs.chef.io/config_rb_metadata.html)"
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ class Chef
       @all_files_in_repo_paths ||=
         begin
           @repo_paths.inject([]) do |all_children, repo_path|
-            all_children += Dir[File.join(Chef::Util::PathHelper.escape_glob_dir(repo_path), "*")]
+            all_children + Dir[File.join(Chef::Util::PathHelper.escape_glob_dir(repo_path), "*")]
           end
         end
     end
diff --git a/lib/chef/cookbook_site_streaming_uploader.rb b/lib/chef/cookbook_site_streaming_uploader.rb
index d6a270b033..9fb8d0d4bc 100644
--- a/lib/chef/cookbook_site_streaming_uploader.rb
+++ b/lib/chef/cookbook_site_streaming_uploader.rb
@@ -77,7 +77,6 @@ class Chef
         parts = []
         content_file = nil
 
-        timestamp = Time.now.utc.iso8601
         secret_key = OpenSSL::PKey::RSA.new(File.read(secret_key_filename))
 
         unless params.nil? || params.empty?
diff --git a/lib/chef/deprecation/warnings.rb b/lib/chef/deprecation/warnings.rb
index b015669625..411e95ea39 100644
--- a/lib/chef/deprecation/warnings.rb
+++ b/lib/chef/deprecation/warnings.rb
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ class Chef
 
       def add_deprecation_warnings_for(method_names)
         method_names.each do |name|
-          m = instance_method(name)
           define_method(name) do |*args|
             message = []
             message << "Method '#{name}' of '#{self.class}' is deprecated. It will be removed in Chef 13."
diff --git a/lib/chef/file_access_control/windows.rb b/lib/chef/file_access_control/windows.rb
index 7f27ef8df0..6b7184bbd3 100644
--- a/lib/chef/file_access_control/windows.rb
+++ b/lib/chef/file_access_control/windows.rb
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ class Chef
 
       def target_group
         return nil if resource.group.nil?
-        sid = get_sid(resource.group)
+        get_sid(resource.group)
       end
 
       def target_inherits
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ class Chef
 
       def target_owner
         return nil if resource.owner.nil?
-        sid = get_sid(resource.owner)
+        get_sid(resource.owner)
       end
     end
   end
diff --git a/lib/chef/http/validate_content_length.rb b/lib/chef/http/validate_content_length.rb
index 81d3b0fb74..c1073867d3 100644
--- a/lib/chef/http/validate_content_length.rb
+++ b/lib/chef/http/validate_content_length.rb
@@ -84,7 +84,6 @@ class Chef
       def validate(http_response, response_length)
         content_length    = response_content_length(http_response)
         transfer_encoding = http_response["transfer-encoding"]
-        content_encoding  = http_response["content-encoding"]
 
         if content_length.nil?
           Chef::Log.debug "HTTP server did not include a Content-Length header in response, cannot identify truncated downloads."
diff --git a/lib/chef/knife/cookbook_bulk_delete.rb b/lib/chef/knife/cookbook_bulk_delete.rb
index 6c2ad5a53f..bd1c8a22cc 100644
--- a/lib/chef/knife/cookbook_bulk_delete.rb
+++ b/lib/chef/knife/cookbook_bulk_delete.rb
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ class Chef
         cookbooks_names.each do |cookbook_name|
           versions = rest.get("cookbooks/#{cookbook_name}")[cookbook_name]["versions"].map { |v| v["version"] }.flatten
           versions.each do |version|
-            object = rest.delete("cookbooks/#{cookbook_name}/#{version}#{config[:purge] ? "?purge=true" : ""}")
+            rest.delete("cookbooks/#{cookbook_name}/#{version}#{config[:purge] ? "?purge=true" : ""}")
             ui.info("Deleted cookbook  #{cookbook_name.ljust(25)} [#{version}]")
           end
         end
diff --git a/lib/chef/knife/cookbook_metadata.rb b/lib/chef/knife/cookbook_metadata.rb
index bfae9d8814..29eba6a36a 100644
--- a/lib/chef/knife/cookbook_metadata.rb
+++ b/lib/chef/knife/cookbook_metadata.rb
@@ -80,7 +80,6 @@ class Chef
         File.open(json_file, "w") do |f|
           f.write(Chef::JSONCompat.to_json_pretty(md))
         end
-        generated = true
         Chef::Log.debug("Generated #{json_file}")
       rescue Exceptions::ObsoleteDependencySyntax, Exceptions::InvalidVersionConstraint => e
         ui.stderr.puts "ERROR: The cookbook '#{cookbook}' contains invalid or obsolete metadata syntax."
diff --git a/lib/chef/knife/cookbook_site_download.rb b/lib/chef/knife/cookbook_site_download.rb
index 21a251a011..7d0e21791d 100644
--- a/lib/chef/knife/cookbook_site_download.rb
+++ b/lib/chef/knife/cookbook_site_download.rb
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ class Chef
       end
 
       def replacement_cookbook
-        replacement = File.basename(current_cookbook_data["replacement"])
+        File.basename(current_cookbook_data["replacement"])
       end
 
       def specific_cookbook_version_url
diff --git a/lib/chef/knife/core/custom_manifest_loader.rb b/lib/chef/knife/core/custom_manifest_loader.rb
index e5ebce2585..9fe51599af 100644
--- a/lib/chef/knife/core/custom_manifest_loader.rb
+++ b/lib/chef/knife/core/custom_manifest_loader.rb
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ class Chef
         end
 
         def subcommand_files
-          subcommand_files ||= (find_subcommands_via_manifest.values + site_subcommands).flatten.uniq
+          @subcommand_files ||= (find_subcommands_via_manifest.values + site_subcommands).flatten.uniq
         end
       end
     end