fix: Reduce number of branches

mentioned in commit 7f85516c

mentioned in commit b0a7e75f

mentioned in commit 487655ec

mentioned in merge request hoppr/plugins/hoppr-openssf-scorecard-plugin!50 (closed)

mentioned in merge request hoppr-cop!397 (merged)

mentioned in merge request hoppr/plugins/hoppr-nexus-bundler!234 (merged)

mentioned in merge request hoppr/plugins/starter-plugin!10 (merged)