diff -r b0a4de6c14f8 -r ca7bde5dbafb mercurial/subrepo.py
--- a/mercurial/subrepo.py	Thu Jul 18 12:03:29 2024 +0200
+++ b/mercurial/subrepo.py	Thu Jul 18 12:36:12 2024 +0200
@@ -1227,16 +1227,12 @@
                 externals.append(path)
             elif item == 'missing':
                 missing.append(path)
-            if (
-                item
-                not in (
-                    '',
-                    'normal',
-                    'unversioned',
-                    'external',
-                )
-                or props not in ('', 'none', 'normal')
-            ):
+            if item not in (
+                '',
+                'normal',
+                'unversioned',
+                'external',
+            ) or props not in ('', 'none', 'normal'):
                 changes.append(path)
         for path in changes:
             for ext in externals: