1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/abspath.c b/abspath.c
index 2825de8591..af82abd033 100644
--- a/abspath.c
+++ b/abspath.c
@@ -152,6 +152,13 @@ const char *absolute_path(const char *path)
 	return sb.buf;
 }
 
+char *absolute_pathdup(const char *path)
+{
+	struct strbuf sb = STRBUF_INIT;
+	strbuf_add_absolute_path(&sb, path);
+	return strbuf_detach(&sb, NULL);
+}
+
 /*
  * Unlike prefix_path, this should be used if the named file does
  * not have to interact with index entry; i.e. name of a random file