Merge branch 'rails-3-develop' of ssh://git.mysociety.org/data/git/public/alaveteli into rails-3-develop

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/app/models/info_request.rb b/app/models/info_request.rb
index 7f6b358db..57a8fd7e0 100644
--- a/app/models/info_request.rb
+++ b/app/models/info_request.rb
@@ -803,11 +803,8 @@ public
 
     # Text from the the initial request, for use in summary display
     def initial_request_text
-        if outgoing_messages.empty? # mainly for use with incomplete fixtures
-            return ""
-        end
-        excerpt = self.outgoing_messages[0].get_text_for_indexing
-        return excerpt
+        return '' if outgoing_messages.empty? # mainly for use with incomplete fixtures
+        outgoing_messages.first.get_text_for_indexing
     end
 
     # Returns index of last event which is described or nil if none described.