my $pfx = "publicinbox.$name";
my @x = (qw/git config/, "--file=$pi_config_tmp");
-require Cwd;
-$inboxdir = Cwd::abs_path($inboxdir);
-die "`\\n' not allowed in `$inboxdir'\n" if $inboxdir =~ /\n/s;
+$inboxdir = PublicInbox::Config::rel2abs_collapsed($inboxdir);
+die "`\\n' not allowed in `$inboxdir'\n" if index($inboxdir, "\n") >= 0;
+
if (-f "$inboxdir/inbox.lock") {
if (!defined $version) {
$version = 2;