chore: simplify reborrow

Author: Stebalien

src/util.rs

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ pub fn create_helper<R>(
 ) -> io::Result<R> {
     // Make the path absolute. Otherwise, changing the current directory can invalidate a stored
     // path (causing issues when cleaning up temporary files.
-    let mut base = &*base; // re-borrow to shrink lifetime
+    let mut base = base; // re-borrow to shrink lifetime
     let base_path_storage; // slot to store the absolute path, if necessary.
     if !base.is_absolute() {
         let cur_dir = std::env::current_dir()?;