diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/cmd/analytics.rb b/Library/Homebrew/cmd/analytics.rb
index da69de03b3..60ebb03da9 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/cmd/analytics.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/cmd/analytics.rb
@@ -18,17 +18,17 @@ module Homebrew
 
     case ARGV.named.first
     when nil, "state"
-      analyticsdisabled = \
-        Utils.popen_read("git config --file=#{config_file} --get homebrew.analyticsdisabled").chuzzle
-      uuid = \
-        Utils.popen_read("git config --file=#{config_file} --get homebrew.analyticsuuid").chuzzle
+      analyticsdisabled =
+        Utils.popen_read("git config --file=#{config_file} --get homebrew.analyticsdisabled").chomp
+      uuid =
+        Utils.popen_read("git config --file=#{config_file} --get homebrew.analyticsuuid").chomp
       if ENV["HOMEBREW_NO_ANALYTICS"]
         puts "Analytics is disabled (by HOMEBREW_NO_ANALYTICS)."
       elsif analyticsdisabled == "true"
         puts "Analytics is disabled."
       else
         puts "Analytics is enabled."
-        puts "UUID: #{uuid}" if uuid
+        puts "UUID: #{uuid}" if uuid.present?
       end
     when "on"
       safe_system "git", "config", "--file=#{config_file}",
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/cmd/update-report.rb b/Library/Homebrew/cmd/update-report.rb
index e71356d0e3..36f64cb62e 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/cmd/update-report.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/cmd/update-report.rb
@@ -22,14 +22,14 @@ module Homebrew
   def update_report
     HOMEBREW_REPOSITORY.cd do
       analytics_message_displayed =
-        Utils.popen_read("git", "config", "--local", "--get", "homebrew.analyticsmessage").chuzzle
+        Utils.popen_read("git", "config", "--local", "--get", "homebrew.analyticsmessage").chomp == "true"
       cask_analytics_message_displayed =
-        Utils.popen_read("git", "config", "--local", "--get", "homebrew.caskanalyticsmessage").chuzzle
+        Utils.popen_read("git", "config", "--local", "--get", "homebrew.caskanalyticsmessage").chomp == "true"
       analytics_disabled =
-        Utils.popen_read("git", "config", "--local", "--get", "homebrew.analyticsdisabled").chuzzle
-      if analytics_message_displayed != "true" &&
-         cask_analytics_message_displayed != "true" &&
-         analytics_disabled != "true" &&
+        Utils.popen_read("git", "config", "--local", "--get", "homebrew.analyticsdisabled").chomp == "true"
+      if !analytics_message_displayed &&
+         !cask_analytics_message_displayed &&
+         !analytics_disabled &&
          !ENV["HOMEBREW_NO_ANALYTICS"] &&
          !ENV["HOMEBREW_NO_ANALYTICS_MESSAGE_OUTPUT"]
 
@@ -53,8 +53,8 @@ module Homebrew
       end
 
       donation_message_displayed =
-        Utils.popen_read("git", "config", "--local", "--get", "homebrew.donationmessage").chuzzle
-      if donation_message_displayed != "true"
+        Utils.popen_read("git", "config", "--local", "--get", "homebrew.donationmessage").chomp == "true"
+      unless donation_message_displayed
         ohai "Homebrew is run entirely by unpaid volunteers. Please consider donating:"
         puts "  #{Formatter.url("https://github.com/Homebrew/brew#donations")}\n"
 
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/extend/git_repository.rb b/Library/Homebrew/extend/git_repository.rb
index 9bfb6cf43c..8cd389ddf2 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/extend/git_repository.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/extend/git_repository.rb
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ module GitRepositoryExtension
   def git_origin
     return unless git? && Utils.git_available?
 
-    Utils.popen_read("git", "config", "--get", "remote.origin.url", chdir: self).chuzzle
+    Utils.popen_read("git", "config", "--get", "remote.origin.url", chdir: self).chomp.presence
   end
 
   def git_origin=(origin)
@@ -21,30 +21,30 @@ module GitRepositoryExtension
   def git_head
     return unless git? && Utils.git_available?
 
-    Utils.popen_read("git", "rev-parse", "--verify", "-q", "HEAD", chdir: self).chuzzle
+    Utils.popen_read("git", "rev-parse", "--verify", "-q", "HEAD", chdir: self).chomp.presence
   end
 
   def git_short_head
     return unless git? && Utils.git_available?
 
-    Utils.popen_read("git", "rev-parse", "--short=4", "--verify", "-q", "HEAD", chdir: self).chuzzle
+    Utils.popen_read("git", "rev-parse", "--short=4", "--verify", "-q", "HEAD", chdir: self).chomp.presence
   end
 
   def git_last_commit
     return unless git? && Utils.git_available?
 
-    Utils.popen_read("git", "show", "-s", "--format=%cr", "HEAD", chdir: self).chuzzle
+    Utils.popen_read("git", "show", "-s", "--format=%cr", "HEAD", chdir: self).chomp.presence
   end
 
   def git_branch
     return unless git? && Utils.git_available?
 
-    Utils.popen_read("git", "rev-parse", "--abbrev-ref", "HEAD", chdir: self).chuzzle
+    Utils.popen_read("git", "rev-parse", "--abbrev-ref", "HEAD", chdir: self).chomp.presence
   end
 
   def git_last_commit_date
     return unless git? && Utils.git_available?
 
-    Utils.popen_read("git", "show", "-s", "--format=%cd", "--date=short", "HEAD", chdir: self).chuzzle
+    Utils.popen_read("git", "show", "-s", "--format=%cd", "--date=short", "HEAD", chdir: self).chomp.presence
   end
 end
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/extend/string.rb b/Library/Homebrew/extend/string.rb
index e7777c8281..64be4d5620 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/extend/string.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/extend/string.rb
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 # Contains backports from newer versions of Ruby
 require "backports/2.4.0/string/match"
 require "backports/2.5.0/string/delete_prefix"
+require "active_support/core_ext/object/blank"
 
 class String
   # String.chomp, but if result is empty: returns nil instead.
   # Allows `chuzzle || foo` short-circuits.
+  # TODO: Deprecate.
   def chuzzle
     s = chomp
     s unless s.empty?
@@ -12,6 +14,7 @@ class String
 end
 
 class NilClass
+  # TODO: Deprecate.
   def chuzzle; end
 end
 
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/global.rb b/Library/Homebrew/global.rb
index 70a35efc27..0057791b19 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/global.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/global.rb
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ require "pp"
 
 require_relative "load_path"
 
+require "active_support/core_ext/object/blank"
 require "active_support/core_ext/numeric/time"
 require "active_support/core_ext/array/access"
 require "active_support/i18n"
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/tap.rb b/Library/Homebrew/tap.rb
index 44d4c36e4b..46160175e5 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/tap.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/tap.rb
@@ -722,7 +722,7 @@ class TapConfig
     return unless Utils.git_available?
 
     tap.path.cd do
-      Utils.popen_read("git", "config", "--local", "--get", "homebrew.#{key}").chuzzle
+      Utils.popen_read("git", "config", "--local", "--get", "homebrew.#{key}").chomp.presence
     end
   end
 
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/utils/git.rb b/Library/Homebrew/utils/git.rb
index 5238c8ccca..e0bb176fed 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/utils/git.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/utils/git.rb
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ module Utils
 
     @git_path ||= Utils.popen_read(
       HOMEBREW_SHIMS_PATH/"scm/git", "--homebrew=print-path"
-    ).chuzzle
+    ).chomp.presence
   end
 
   def self.git_version