1 files changed, 3 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/dev/ci/ci-basic-overlay.sh b/dev/ci/ci-basic-overlay.sh
index dd683c96a9..18c58c423d 100755
--- a/dev/ci/ci-basic-overlay.sh
+++ b/dev/ci/ci-basic-overlay.sh
@@ -7,11 +7,10 @@ declare -a projects # the list of project repos that can be be overlayed
 
 # checks if the given argument is a known project
 function is_in_projects {
-    local rc=1
-    for x in ${projects[@]}; do
-      if [ "$1" = "$x" ]; then rc=0; fi;
+    for x in "${projects[@]}"; do
+      if [ "$1" = "$x" ]; then return 0; fi;
     done
-    return rc
+    return 1
 }
 
 # project <name> <giturl> <ref> [<archiveurl>]