Simplify.

sigmavirus24 · sigmavirus24 · commit 95c00963b121 · 2012-11-05T12:33:54.000-05:00
diff --git a/github3/git.py b/github3/git.py
@@ -60,16 +60,14 @@ def __init__(self, commit, session=None):
 
         #: dict containing at least the name, email and date the commit was
         #  created
-        self.author = commit.get('author', {})
-        if self.author is None:
-            self.author = {}
+        self.author = commit.get('author', {}) or {}
+        # If GH returns nil/None then make sure author is a dict
         self._author_name = self.author.get('name', '')
 
         #: dict containing similar information to the author attribute
-        self.committer = commit.get('committer', {})
-        if self.committer is None:
-            # blank the data if GH returns no data
-            self.committer = {}
+        self.committer = commit.get('committer', {}) or {}
+        # blank the data if GH returns no data
+
         self._commit_name = self.committer.get('name', '')
 
         #: :class:`Tree <Tree>` the commit belongs to.
