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[Fix #14419] Fix false positives for `Lint/UselessAssignment` by koic · Pull Request #14425 · rubocop/rubocop · GitHub
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@koic koic commented Aug 6, 2025

This PR fixes false positives for Lint/UselessAssignment when duplicate assignments appear in nested if branches inside a loop and the variable is used outside while loop.

Fixes #14419.


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This PR fixes false positives for `Lint/UselessAssignment`
when duplicate assignments appear in nested `if` branches inside
a loop and the variable is used outside `while` loop.

Fixes rubocop#14419.
@bbatsov bbatsov merged commit 76f2ce1 into rubocop:master Aug 6, 2025
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@koic koic deleted the fix_false_positives_for_lint_useless_assignment branch August 6, 2025 05:36
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Lint/UselessAssignment: false positives with +=

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