Avoided assignment followed by immediate return.

Identified using the following command:

$ pcre2grep --line-number --multiline --recursive \
    "(?s)(\n +)(\w+) = [^\n]+\1return \2;?$" \
    django docs extras js_tests scripts tests

django/contrib/admin/static/admin/js/admin/RelatedObjectLookups.js

@@ -26,13 +26,11 @@
     }
 
     function addPopupIndex(name) {
-        name = name + "__" + (popupIndex + 1);
-        return name;
+        return name + "__" + (popupIndex + 1);
     }
 
     function removePopupIndex(name) {
-        name = name.replace(new RegExp("__" + (popupIndex + 1) + "$"), '');
-        return name;
+        return name.replace(new RegExp("__" + (popupIndex + 1) + "$"), '');
     }
 
     function showAdminPopup(triggeringLink, name_regexp, add_popup) {

django/contrib/admin/static/admin/js/urlify.js

@@ -163,8 +163,7 @@
         s = s.replace(/^\s+|\s+$/g, ''); // trim leading/trailing spaces
         s = s.replace(/[-\s]+/g, '-'); // convert spaces to hyphens
         s = s.substring(0, num_chars); // trim to first num_chars chars
-        s = s.replace(/-+$/g, ''); // trim any trailing hyphens
-        return s;
+        return s.replace(/-+$/g, ''); // trim any trailing hyphens
     }
     window.URLify = URLify;
 }

django/contrib/gis/geos/polygon.py

@@ -110,8 +110,7 @@ class Polygon(GEOSGeometry):
         if isinstance(param, LinearRing):
             return param
         try:
-            ring = LinearRing(param)
-            return ring
+            return LinearRing(param)
         except TypeError:
             raise TypeError(msg)
 

tests/middleware/tests.py

@@ -1027,8 +1027,7 @@ class ETagGZipMiddlewareTest(SimpleTestCase):
         """
 
         def get_response(req):
-            response = HttpResponse(self.compressible_string)
-            return response
+            return HttpResponse(self.compressible_string)
 
         def get_cond_response(req):
             return ConditionalGetMiddleware(get_response)(req)

tests/test_runner/tests.py

@@ -156,8 +156,7 @@ class TestSuiteTests(SimpleTestCase):
     def make_tests(self):
         """Return an iterable of tests."""
         suite = self.make_test_suite()
-        tests = list(iter_test_cases(suite))
-        return tests
+        return list(iter_test_cases(suite))
 
     def test_shuffle_tests(self):
         tests = self.make_tests()