diff --git a/auto-update b/auto-update
index 6027e6f..84849c7 100755
--- a/auto-update
+++ b/auto-update
@@ -24,9 +24,9 @@ latest() { : \
  && while [ $# != 0 ] \
     ;do dir="$1" tag="$2" url="$3" \
      && { shift && shift && shift || { note 'incomplete triplet'; exit 70 ;} ;} \
-     &&  if ! [ -d "$dir" ] && ! [ -f "$dir/$df" ] && ! [ -s "$dir/$df" ] \
-        ;then note "missing $df, skipping $dir ($tag)"; continue \
-        ;fi \
+     &&  {  [ -d "$dir" ] && [ -f "$dir/$df" ] && [ -s "$dir/$df" ] \
+         || { note "missing $df, skipping $dir ($tag)"; continue ;} \
+         ;} \
      && ours="$(grep -F "$tag"= "$dir/$df" | grep -Eo '[0-9a-f]{40}')" \
      && theirs="$(latest "$url")" ours="${ours%%$n*}" theirs="${theirs%%$n*}" \
      &&  if [ ${#ours} = 0 ] || [ ${#theirs} = 0 ] \