7 files changed, 9 insertions, 10 deletions

diff --git a/config.c b/config.c
index 039647d247..400d2e47de 100644
--- a/config.c
+++ b/config.c
@@ -1329,7 +1329,7 @@ static int configset_add_value(struct config_set *cs, const char *key, const cha
 		string_list_init(&e->value_list, 1);
 		hashmap_add(&cs->config_hash, e);
 	}
-	si = string_list_append_nodup(&e->value_list, value ? xstrdup(value) : NULL);
+	si = string_list_append_nodup(&e->value_list, xstrdup_or_null(value));
 
 	ALLOC_GROW(cs->list.items, cs->list.nr + 1, cs->list.alloc);
 	l_item = &cs->list.items[cs->list.nr++];
diff --git a/grep.c b/grep.c
index 99217dc04f..f48a648a0d 100644
--- a/grep.c
+++ b/grep.c
@@ -1646,8 +1646,8 @@ void grep_source_init(struct grep_source *gs, enum grep_source_type type,
 		      const void *identifier)
 {
 	gs->type = type;
-	gs->name = name ? xstrdup(name) : NULL;
-	gs->path = path ? xstrdup(path) : NULL;
+	gs->name = xstrdup_or_null(name);
+	gs->path = xstrdup_or_null(path);
 	gs->buf = NULL;
 	gs->size = 0;
 	gs->driver = NULL;
diff --git a/notes.c b/notes.c
index 5fe691dbcd..ee5f0e71f3 100644
--- a/notes.c
+++ b/notes.c
@@ -1006,7 +1006,7 @@ void init_notes(struct notes_tree *t, const char *notes_ref,
 	t->root = (struct int_node *) xcalloc(1, sizeof(struct int_node));
 	t->first_non_note = NULL;
 	t->prev_non_note = NULL;
-	t->ref = notes_ref ? xstrdup(notes_ref) : NULL;
+	t->ref = xstrdup_or_null(notes_ref);
 	t->combine_notes = combine_notes;
 	t->initialized = 1;
 	t->dirty = 0;
diff --git a/refs.c b/refs.c
index ffd45e9292..32dce4e41c 100644
--- a/refs.c
+++ b/refs.c
@@ -1529,8 +1529,7 @@ const char *resolve_ref_unsafe(const char *refname, unsigned char *sha1, int rea
 
 char *resolve_refdup(const char *ref, unsigned char *sha1, int reading, int *flag)
 {
-	const char *ret = resolve_ref_unsafe(ref, sha1, reading, flag);
-	return ret ? xstrdup(ret) : NULL;
+	return xstrdup_or_null(resolve_ref_unsafe(ref, sha1, reading, flag));
 }
 
 /* The argument to filter_refs */
diff --git a/remote.c b/remote.c
index ce785f8953..179bceff8a 100644
--- a/remote.c
+++ b/remote.c
@@ -975,8 +975,8 @@ struct ref *copy_ref(const struct ref *ref)
 	cpy = xmalloc(sizeof(struct ref) + len + 1);
 	memcpy(cpy, ref, sizeof(struct ref) + len + 1);
 	cpy->next = NULL;
-	cpy->symref = ref->symref ? xstrdup(ref->symref) : NULL;
-	cpy->remote_status = ref->remote_status ? xstrdup(ref->remote_status) : NULL;
+	cpy->symref = xstrdup_or_null(ref->symref);
+	cpy->remote_status = xstrdup_or_null(ref->remote_status);
 	cpy->peer_ref = copy_ref(ref->peer_ref);
 	return cpy;
 }
diff --git a/shallow.c b/shallow.c
index 57f4afa6b4..ee14574334 100644
--- a/shallow.c
+++ b/shallow.c
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ void set_alternate_shallow_file(const char *path, int override)
 	if (alternate_shallow_file && !override)
 		return;
 	free(alternate_shallow_file);
-	alternate_shallow_file = path ? xstrdup(path) : NULL;
+	alternate_shallow_file = xstrdup_or_null(path);
 }
 
 int register_shallow(const unsigned char *sha1)
diff --git a/walker.c b/walker.c
index 18a67d33cb..adabcc9dfe 100644
--- a/walker.c
+++ b/walker.c
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ int walker_targets_stdin(char ***target, const char ***write_ref)
 			REALLOC_ARRAY(*write_ref, targets_alloc);
 		}
 		(*target)[targets] = xstrdup(tg_one);
-		(*write_ref)[targets] = rf_one ? xstrdup(rf_one) : NULL;
+		(*write_ref)[targets] = xstrdup_or_null(rf_one);
 		targets++;
 	}
 	strbuf_release(&buf);