Shorten if and if construct #2490

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Cache identify	5s
Shellcheck	4s
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Ruff check and force	6s
Check commit	33s
Run pytest using Python 3.13	28s
Process test coverage	0s
Run mypy	0s
Build and publish Python 🐍 distributions 📦 to TestPyPI	0s
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