Question

Is it possible to simplify this in Python?

status = get_git_status()   
for s in ("modified", "deleted", "Untracked files:"):
    if s in status:
        pass

Answer 1

It depends on if you need to perform an action for each match or if you’re just interested if any of them match. If your just interested if any of them match, use any:

if any(s in status for s in ("modified", "deleted", "Untracked files:")):
    whatever()