strbuf_addstr(&path, repo);
        raw = get_repo_path_1(&path, is_bundle);
-       canon = raw ? xstrdup(absolute_path(raw)) : NULL;
+       canon = raw ? absolute_pathdup(raw) : NULL;
        strbuf_release(&path);
        return canon;
 }
 
        path = get_repo_path(repo_name, &is_bundle);
        if (path)
-               repo = xstrdup(absolute_path(repo_name));
+               repo = absolute_pathdup(repo_name);
        else if (!strchr(repo_name, ':'))
                die(_("repository '%s' does not exist"), repo_name);
        else
 
                                   module_clone_options);
 
        strbuf_addf(&sb, "%s/modules/%s", get_git_dir(), name);
-       sm_gitdir = xstrdup(absolute_path(sb.buf));
+       sm_gitdir = absolute_pathdup(sb.buf);
        strbuf_reset(&sb);
 
        if (!is_absolute_path(path)) {
 
 
 static void mark_current_worktree(struct worktree **worktrees)
 {
-       char *git_dir = xstrdup(absolute_path(get_git_dir()));
+       char *git_dir = absolute_pathdup(get_git_dir());
        int i;
 
        for (i = 0; worktrees[i]; i++) {