lock = lock_any_ref_for_update(ref, sha1, 0);
        if (!lock)
                return error("cannot lock ref '%s'", ref);
-       log_file = xstrdup(git_path("logs/%s", ref));
+       log_file = git_pathdup("logs/%s", ref);
        if (!file_exists(log_file))
                goto finish;
        if (!cmd->dry_run) {
-               newlog_path = xstrdup(git_path("logs/%s.lock", ref));
+               newlog_path = git_pathdup("logs/%s.lock", ref);
                cb.newlog = fopen(newlog_path, "w");
        }