#include "git-compat-util.h"
 #include "http.h"
+#include "config.h"
 #include "pack.h"
 #include "sideband.h"
 #include "run-command.h"
        if (!strcmp("http.sslversion", var))
                return git_config_string(&ssl_version, var, value);
        if (!strcmp("http.sslcert", var))
-               return git_config_string(&ssl_cert, var, value);
+               return git_config_pathname(&ssl_cert, var, value);
 #if LIBCURL_VERSION_NUM >= 0x070903
        if (!strcmp("http.sslkey", var))
-               return git_config_string(&ssl_key, var, value);
+               return git_config_pathname(&ssl_key, var, value);
 #endif
 #if LIBCURL_VERSION_NUM >= 0x070908
        if (!strcmp("http.sslcapath", var))
 
        if (proxy_auth.password) {
                memset(proxy_auth.password, 0, strlen(proxy_auth.password));
-               free(proxy_auth.password);
-               proxy_auth.password = NULL;
+               FREE_AND_NULL(proxy_auth.password);
        }
 
        free((void *)curl_proxyuserpwd);
 
        if (cert_auth.password != NULL) {
                memset(cert_auth.password, 0, strlen(cert_auth.password));
-               free(cert_auth.password);
-               cert_auth.password = NULL;
+               FREE_AND_NULL(cert_auth.password);
        }
        ssl_cert_password_required = 0;
 
-       free(cached_accept_language);
-       cached_accept_language = NULL;
+       FREE_AND_NULL(cached_accept_language);
 }
 
 struct active_request_slot *get_active_slot(void)
 
        if (http_get_file(url, tmp, NULL) != HTTP_OK) {
                error("Unable to get pack index %s", url);
-               free(tmp);
-               tmp = NULL;
+               FREE_AND_NULL(tmp);
        }
 
        free(url);
                freq->localfile = -1;
        }
        if (freq->url != NULL) {
-               free(freq->url);
-               freq->url = NULL;
+               FREE_AND_NULL(freq->url);
        }
        if (freq->slot != NULL) {
                freq->slot->callback_func = NULL;