3 files changed, 10 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/tools/common/repositorygen.cpp b/tools/common/repositorygen.cpp
index e25af0dd6..b119c392a 100644
--- a/tools/common/repositorygen.cpp
+++ b/tools/common/repositorygen.cpp
@@ -73,6 +73,13 @@ void QInstallerTools::printRepositoryGenOptions()
     std::cout << "  --ignore-invalid-packages Ignore all invalid packages instead of aborting." << std::endl;
 }
 
+QString QInstallerTools::makePathAbsolute(const QString &path)
+{
+    if (QFileInfo(path).isRelative())
+        return QDir::current().absoluteFilePath(path);
+    return path;
+}
+
 void QInstallerTools::copyWithException(const QString &source, const QString &target, const QString &kind)
 {
     qDebug() << QString::fromLatin1("Copying associated %1 file '%2'").arg(kind, source);
@@ -104,10 +111,7 @@ void QInstallerTools::generateMetaDataDirectory(const QString &outDir, const QSt
     const PackageInfoVector &packages, const QString &appName, const QString &appVersion,
     const QString &redirectUpdateUrl)
 {
-    QString metapath = outDir;
-    if (QFileInfo(metapath).isRelative())
-        metapath = QDir::cleanPath(QDir::current().absoluteFilePath(metapath));
-
+    const QString metapath = makePathAbsolute(outDir);
     if (!QFile::exists(metapath))
         QInstaller::mkpath(metapath);
 
diff --git a/tools/common/repositorygen.h b/tools/common/repositorygen.h
index 71426ba7f..5085d526b 100644
--- a/tools/common/repositorygen.h
+++ b/tools/common/repositorygen.h
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ enum FilterType {
     Exclude
 };
 
+QString makePathAbsolute(const QString &path);
 QHash<QString, QString> buildPathToVersionMapping(const PackageInfoVector &info);
 
 void copyWithException(const QString &source, const QString &target, const QString &kind = QString());
diff --git a/tools/repogen/repogen.cpp b/tools/repogen/repogen.cpp
index 1380e4ebf..d319b2c89 100644
--- a/tools/repogen/repogen.cpp
+++ b/tools/repogen/repogen.cpp
@@ -90,14 +90,6 @@ static int printErrorAndUsageAndExit(const QString &err)
     return 1;
 }
 
-static QString makeAbsolute(const QString &path)
-{
-    QFileInfo fi(path);
-    if (fi.isAbsolute())
-        return path;
-    return QDir::current().absoluteFilePath(path);
-}
-
 int main(int argc, char** argv)
 {
     try {
@@ -188,7 +180,7 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv)
                 "exclusive!"));
         }
 
-        const QString repositoryDir = makeAbsolute(args.first());
+        const QString repositoryDir = QInstallerTools::makePathAbsolute(args.first());
         if (remove)
             QInstaller::removeDirectory(repositoryDir);