Lift assignments from "if" conditionals for readability.  No change
in functionality intended.
Suggested-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>