commit - deeca23839609f94e076f97f16d1d7cde09daf3b
commit + 4986b9d5fdccbfe5567643b87d0c855fc7eca8b0
blob - 104167f68a48a72f7981d96d863de1f3e09e7fac
blob + 2eecc5f80f379b929f5aceb980431c7b171e883f
--- lib/got_repository_lib.h
+++ lib/got_repository_lib.h
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 
 struct got_repository {
 	char *path;
+	char *path_git_dir;
 
 	/* The pack index cache speeds up search for packed objects. */
 	struct got_packidx_v2_hdr *packidx_cache[GOT_PACKIDX_CACHE_SIZE];
blob - c13711cf098cbc488fdb86c373f4b4d4461cb3f5
blob + 96fa4ce373bd26fae26fa0ef06ec8d581f1b0d3a
--- lib/repository.c
+++ lib/repository.c
@@ -60,12 +60,7 @@ got_repo_get_path(struct got_repository *repo)
 char *
 got_repo_get_path_git_dir(struct got_repository *repo)
 {
-	char *path_git;
-	
-	if (asprintf(&path_git, "%s/%s", repo->path, GOT_GIT_DIR) == -1)
-		return NULL;
-
-	return path_git;
+	return strdup(repo->path_git_dir);
 }
 
 static char *
@@ -73,7 +68,7 @@ get_path_git_child(struct got_repository *repo, const 
 {
 	char *path_child;
 	
-	if (asprintf(&path_child, "%s/%s/%s", repo->path, GOT_GIT_DIR,
+	if (asprintf(&path_child, "%s/%s", repo->path_git_dir,
 	    basename) == -1)
 		return NULL;
 
@@ -169,15 +164,28 @@ got_repo_open(struct got_repository **ret, const char 
 		goto done;
 	}
 
-	if (!is_git_repo(repo)) {
-		err = got_error(GOT_ERR_NOT_GIT_REPO);
+	repo->path_git_dir = strdup(repo->path);
+	if (repo->path_git_dir == NULL) {
+		err = got_error(GOT_ERR_NO_MEM);
 		goto done;
 	}
+	if (!is_git_repo(repo)) {
+		free(repo->path_git_dir);
+		if (asprintf(&repo->path_git_dir, "%s/%s", repo->path,
+		    GOT_GIT_DIR) == -1) {
+			err = got_error(GOT_ERR_NO_MEM);
+			goto done;
+		}
+		if (!is_git_repo(repo)) {
+			err = got_error(GOT_ERR_NOT_GIT_REPO);
+			goto done;
+		}
+	}
 		
 	*ret = repo;
 done:
 	if (err)
-		free(repo);
+		got_repo_close(repo);
 	free(abspath);
 	return err;
 }
@@ -193,5 +201,6 @@ got_repo_close(struct got_repository *repo)
 		got_packidx_close(repo->packidx_cache[i]);
 	}
 	free(repo->path);
+	free(repo->path_git_dir);
 	free(repo);
 }