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prefix_roota() is something we should stop using. It is bad for three reasons: 1. As it names suggests it's supposed to be used when working relative to some root directory, but given it doesn't follow symlinks (and instead just stupidly joins paths) it is not a good choice for that. 2. More often than not it is currently used with inputs under control of the user, and that is icky given it typically allocates memory on the stack. 3. It's a redundant interface, where chase_symlinks() and path_join() already exist as better, safer interfaces. Hence, let's start moving things from prefix_roota() to path_join() for the cases where that's appropriate.
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