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# Merge-Nested-Ifs

#### Sourcery rule id: `merge-nested-ifs`

#### Description

Merge nested if conditions


#### Before

```python
if a:
    if b:
        return c
```

#### After

```python
if a and b:
    return c
```



#### Explanation

Too much nesting can make code difficult to understand, and this is especially
true in Python, where there are no brackets to help out with the delineation of
different nesting levels.

Reading deeply nested code is confusing, since you have to keep track of which
conditions relate to which levels. We therefore strive to reduce nesting where
possible, and the situation where two `if` conditions can be combined using
`and` is an easy win.