diff --git a/src/ostree/ostree-pull.c b/src/ostree/ostree-pull.c
index ac52db44..56172212 100644
--- a/src/ostree/ostree-pull.c
+++ b/src/ostree/ostree-pull.c
@@ -168,11 +168,11 @@ fetch_uri (OtPullData  *pull_data,
            GError     **error)
 {
   gboolean ret = FALSE;
-  SoupMessage *msg = NULL;
   guint response;
-  char *uri_string = NULL;
-  GFile *ret_temp_filename = NULL;
-  GOutputStream *output_stream = NULL;
+  ot_lfree char *uri_string = NULL;
+  ot_lobj GFile *ret_temp_filename = NULL;
+  ot_lobj GOutputStream *output_stream = NULL;
+  ot_lobj SoupMessage *msg = NULL;
   OstreeSoupChunkData chunkdata;
 
   if (!ostree_create_temp_regular_file (ostree_repo_get_tmpdir (pull_data->repo),
@@ -227,9 +227,6 @@ fetch_uri (OtPullData  *pull_data,
  out:
   if (ret_temp_filename)
     (void) unlink (ot_gfile_get_path_cached (ret_temp_filename));
-  g_clear_object (&ret_temp_filename);
-  g_free (uri_string);
-  g_clear_object (&msg);
   return ret;
 }
 
@@ -241,8 +238,8 @@ fetch_uri_contents_utf8 (OtPullData  *pull_data,
                          GError     **error)
 {
   gboolean ret = FALSE;
-  GFile *tmpf = NULL;
-  char *ret_contents = NULL;
+  ot_lobj GFile *tmpf = NULL;
+  ot_lfree char *ret_contents = NULL;
   gsize len;
 
   if (!fetch_uri (pull_data, uri, "tmp-", &tmpf, cancellable, error))
@@ -263,8 +260,6 @@ fetch_uri_contents_utf8 (OtPullData  *pull_data,
  out:
   if (tmpf)
     (void) unlink (ot_gfile_get_path_cached (tmpf));
-  g_clear_object (&tmpf);
-  g_free (ret_contents);
   return ret;
 }
 
@@ -276,9 +271,9 @@ fetch_one_pack_file (OtPullData            *pull_data,
                      GError               **error)
 {
   gboolean ret = FALSE;
-  GFile *ret_cached_path = NULL;
-  GFile *tmp_path = NULL;
-  char *pack_name = NULL;
+  ot_lobj GFile *ret_cached_path = NULL;
+  ot_lobj GFile *tmp_path = NULL;
+  ot_lfree char *pack_name = NULL;
   SoupURI *pack_uri = NULL;
 
   if (!ostree_repo_get_cached_remote_pack_data (pull_data->repo, pull_data->remote_name,
@@ -310,9 +305,6 @@ fetch_one_pack_file (OtPullData            *pull_data,
   ret = TRUE;
   ot_transfer_out_value (out_cached_path, &ret_cached_path);
  out:
-  g_clear_object (&ret_cached_path);
-  g_clear_object (&tmp_path);
-  g_free (pack_name);
   if (pack_uri)
     soup_uri_free (pack_uri);
   return ret;
@@ -328,11 +320,11 @@ find_object_in_remote_packs (OtPullData       *pull_data,
                              GError          **error)
 {
   gboolean ret = FALSE;
-  GVariant *mapped_pack = NULL;
-  GVariant *csum_bytes = NULL;
-  char *ret_pack_checksum = NULL;
   guint64 offset;
   guint i;
+  ot_lvariant GVariant *mapped_pack = NULL;
+  ot_lvariant GVariant *csum_bytes = NULL;
+  ot_lfree char *ret_pack_checksum = NULL;
 
   csum_bytes = ostree_checksum_to_bytes (checksum);
 
@@ -358,9 +350,6 @@ find_object_in_remote_packs (OtPullData       *pull_data,
   if (out_offset)
     *out_offset = offset;
  out:
-  ot_clear_gvariant (&mapped_pack);
-  g_free (ret_pack_checksum);
-  ot_clear_gvariant (&csum_bytes);
   return ret;
 }
 
@@ -371,9 +360,9 @@ fetch_one_cache_index (OtPullData          *pull_data,
                       GError              **error)
 {
   gboolean ret = FALSE;
+  ot_lobj GFile *tmp_path = NULL;
+  ot_lfree char *pack_index_name = NULL;
   SoupURI *index_uri = NULL;
-  GFile *tmp_path = NULL;
-  char *pack_index_name = NULL;
 
   pack_index_name = g_strconcat ("ostpack-", pack_checksum, ".index", NULL);
   index_uri = suburi_new (pull_data->base_uri, "objects", "pack", pack_index_name, NULL);
@@ -396,8 +385,6 @@ fetch_one_cache_index (OtPullData          *pull_data,
  out:
   if (tmp_path != NULL)
     (void) ot_gfile_unlink (tmp_path, NULL, NULL);
-  g_clear_object (&tmp_path);
-  g_free (pack_index_name);
   if (index_uri)
     soup_uri_free (index_uri);
   return ret;
@@ -409,13 +396,13 @@ fetch_and_cache_pack_indexes (OtPullData        *pull_data,
                               GError           **error)
 {
   gboolean ret = FALSE;
-  SoupURI *superindex_uri = NULL;
-  GFile *superindex_tmppath = NULL;
-  GPtrArray *cached_indexes = NULL;
-  GPtrArray *uncached_indexes = NULL;
-  GVariant *superindex_variant = NULL;
-  GVariantIter *contents_iter = NULL;
   guint i;
+  ot_lobj GFile *superindex_tmppath = NULL;
+  ot_lptrarray GPtrArray *cached_indexes = NULL;
+  ot_lptrarray GPtrArray *uncached_indexes = NULL;
+  ot_lvariant GVariant *superindex_variant = NULL;
+  GVariantIter *contents_iter = NULL;
+  SoupURI *superindex_uri = NULL;
 
   superindex_uri = suburi_new (pull_data->base_uri, "objects", "pack", "index", NULL);
   
@@ -447,8 +434,6 @@ fetch_and_cache_pack_indexes (OtPullData        *pull_data,
  out:
   if (superindex_uri)
     soup_uri_free (superindex_uri);
-  g_clear_object (&superindex_tmppath);
-  ot_clear_gvariant (&superindex_variant);
   if (contents_iter)
     g_variant_iter_free (contents_iter);
   return ret;
@@ -463,9 +448,9 @@ fetch_loose_object (OtPullData  *pull_data,
                     GError     **error)
 {
   gboolean ret = FALSE;
-  char *objpath = NULL;
+  ot_lfree char *objpath = NULL;
+  ot_lobj GFile *ret_temp_path = NULL;
   SoupURI *obj_uri = NULL;
-  GFile *ret_temp_path = NULL;
 
   objpath = ostree_get_relative_object_path (checksum, objtype);
   obj_uri = suburi_new (pull_data->base_uri, objpath, NULL);
@@ -479,8 +464,6 @@ fetch_loose_object (OtPullData  *pull_data,
  out:
   if (obj_uri)
     soup_uri_free (obj_uri);
-  g_clear_object (&ret_temp_path);
-  g_free (objpath);
   return ret;
 }
 
@@ -500,16 +483,16 @@ fetch_object_if_not_stored (OtPullData           *pull_data,
                             GError              **error)
 {
   gboolean ret = FALSE;
-  GInputStream *ret_input = NULL;
-  GFile *temp_path = NULL;
-  GFile *stored_path = NULL;
-  GFile *pack_path = NULL;
-  GMappedFile *pack_map = NULL;
-  char *local_pack_checksum = NULL;
-  char *remote_pack_checksum = NULL;
   guint64 pack_offset = 0;
-  GVariant *pack_entry = NULL;
   gboolean is_stored;
+  ot_lobj GInputStream *ret_input = NULL;
+  ot_lobj GFile *temp_path = NULL;
+  ot_lobj GFile *stored_path = NULL;
+  ot_lobj GFile *pack_path = NULL;
+  ot_lfree char *local_pack_checksum = NULL;
+  ot_lfree char *remote_pack_checksum = NULL;
+  ot_lvariant GVariant *pack_entry = NULL;
+  GMappedFile *pack_map = NULL;
 
   if (!ostree_repo_find_object (pull_data->repo, objtype, checksum,
                                 &stored_path, &local_pack_checksum, NULL,
@@ -574,15 +557,8 @@ fetch_object_if_not_stored (OtPullData           *pull_data,
   ret = TRUE;
   ot_transfer_out_value (out_input, &ret_input);
  out:
-  g_free (local_pack_checksum);
-  g_clear_object (&stored_path);
-  g_clear_object (&temp_path);
-  g_clear_object (&pack_path);
   if (pack_map)
     g_mapped_file_unref (pack_map);
-  ot_clear_gvariant (&pack_entry);
-  g_clear_object (&pack_path);
-  g_clear_object (&ret_input);
   return ret;
 }
 
@@ -594,8 +570,8 @@ fetch_and_store_object (OtPullData       *pull_data,
                         GError          **error)
 {
   gboolean ret = FALSE;
-  GFileInfo *file_info = NULL;
-  GInputStream *input = NULL;
+  ot_lobj GFileInfo *file_info = NULL;
+  ot_lobj GInputStream *input = NULL;
 
   g_assert (objtype != OSTREE_OBJECT_TYPE_RAW_FILE);
 
@@ -614,8 +590,6 @@ fetch_and_store_object (OtPullData       *pull_data,
 
   ret = TRUE;
  out:
-  g_clear_object (&file_info);
-  g_clear_object (&input);
   return ret;
 }
 
@@ -628,7 +602,7 @@ fetch_and_store_metadata (OtPullData          *pull_data,
                           GError             **error)
 {
   gboolean ret = FALSE;
-  GVariant *ret_variant = NULL;
+  ot_lvariant GVariant *ret_variant = NULL;
 
   if (!fetch_and_store_object (pull_data, checksum, objtype,
                                cancellable, error))
@@ -641,7 +615,6 @@ fetch_and_store_metadata (OtPullData          *pull_data,
   ret = TRUE;
   ot_transfer_out_value (out_variant, &ret_variant);
  out:
-  ot_clear_gvariant (&ret_variant);
   return ret;
 }
 
@@ -652,14 +625,14 @@ fetch_and_store_file (OtPullData          *pull_data,
                       GError             **error)
 {
   gboolean ret = FALSE;
-  GInputStream *input = NULL;
-  GFile *stored_path = NULL;
-  char *pack_checksum = NULL;
-  GVariant *archive_metadata_container = NULL;
-  GVariant *archive_metadata = NULL;
-  GFileInfo *archive_file_info = NULL;
-  GVariant *archive_xattrs = NULL;
   gboolean skip_archive_fetch;
+  ot_lobj GInputStream *input = NULL;
+  ot_lobj GFile *stored_path = NULL;
+  ot_lfree char *pack_checksum = NULL;
+  ot_lvariant GVariant *archive_metadata_container = NULL;
+  ot_lvariant GVariant *archive_metadata = NULL;
+  ot_lobj GFileInfo *archive_file_info = NULL;
+  ot_lvariant GVariant *archive_xattrs = NULL;
 
   /* If we're fetching from an archive into a bare repository, we need
    * to explicitly check for raw file types locally.
@@ -717,13 +690,6 @@ fetch_and_store_file (OtPullData          *pull_data,
 
   ret = TRUE;
  out:
-  g_free (pack_checksum);
-  g_clear_object (&stored_path);
-  g_clear_object (&input);
-  ot_clear_gvariant (&archive_metadata_container);
-  ot_clear_gvariant (&archive_metadata);
-  ot_clear_gvariant (&archive_xattrs);
-  g_clear_object (&archive_file_info);
   return ret;
 }
 
@@ -734,12 +700,12 @@ fetch_and_store_tree_metadata_recurse (OtPullData   *pull_data,
                                        GError      **error)
 {
   gboolean ret = FALSE;
-  GVariant *tree = NULL;
-  GVariant *files_variant = NULL;
-  GVariant *dirs_variant = NULL;
   int i, n;
-  GFile *stored_path = NULL;
-  char *pack_checksum = NULL;
+  ot_lvariant GVariant *tree = NULL;
+  ot_lvariant GVariant *files_variant = NULL;
+  ot_lvariant GVariant *dirs_variant = NULL;
+  ot_lobj GFile *stored_path = NULL;
+  ot_lfree char *pack_checksum = NULL;
 
   if (!fetch_and_store_metadata (pull_data, rev, OSTREE_OBJECT_TYPE_DIR_TREE,
                                  &tree, cancellable, error))
@@ -796,11 +762,6 @@ fetch_and_store_tree_metadata_recurse (OtPullData   *pull_data,
 
   ret = TRUE;
  out:
-  ot_clear_gvariant (&tree);
-  ot_clear_gvariant (&files_variant);
-  ot_clear_gvariant (&dirs_variant);
-  g_clear_object (&stored_path);
-  g_free (pack_checksum);
   return ret;
 }
 
@@ -811,7 +772,7 @@ fetch_and_store_commit_metadata_recurse (OtPullData   *pull_data,
                                          GError      **error)
 {
   gboolean ret = FALSE;
-  GVariant *commit = NULL;
+  ot_lvariant GVariant *commit = NULL;
   const char *tree_contents_checksum;
   const char *tree_meta_checksum;
 
@@ -833,7 +794,6 @@ fetch_and_store_commit_metadata_recurse (OtPullData   *pull_data,
 
   ret = TRUE;
  out:
-  ot_clear_gvariant (&commit);
   return ret;
 }
 
@@ -845,7 +805,7 @@ fetch_ref_contents (OtPullData    *pull_data,
                     GError       **error)
 {
   gboolean ret = FALSE;
-  char *ret_contents = NULL;
+  ot_lfree char *ret_contents = NULL;
   SoupURI *target_uri = NULL;
 
   target_uri = suburi_new (pull_data->base_uri, "refs", "heads", ref, NULL);
@@ -861,7 +821,6 @@ fetch_ref_contents (OtPullData    *pull_data,
   ret = TRUE;
   ot_transfer_out_value (out_contents, &ret_contents);
  out:
-  g_free (ret_contents);
   if (target_uri)
     soup_uri_free (target_uri);
   return ret;
@@ -923,10 +882,10 @@ pull_one_ref (OtPullData       *pull_data,
               GError          **error)
 {
   gboolean ret = FALSE;
-  char *key = NULL;
-  char *remote_ref = NULL;
-  char *baseurl = NULL;
-  char *original_rev = NULL;
+  ot_lfree char *key = NULL;
+  ot_lfree char *remote_ref = NULL;
+  ot_lfree char *baseurl = NULL;
+  ot_lfree char *original_rev = NULL;
 
   remote_ref = g_strdup_printf ("%s/%s", pull_data->remote_name, branch);
 
@@ -953,10 +912,6 @@ pull_one_ref (OtPullData       *pull_data,
 
   ret = TRUE;
  out:
-  g_free (key);
-  g_free (remote_ref);
-  g_free (baseurl);
-  g_free (original_rev);
   return ret;
 }
 
@@ -966,7 +921,7 @@ parse_ref_summary (const char    *contents,
                    GError       **error)
 {
   gboolean ret = FALSE;
-  GHashTable *ret_refs = NULL;
+  ot_lhash GHashTable *ret_refs = NULL;
   char **lines = NULL;
   char **iter = NULL;
   char *ref = NULL;
@@ -1010,8 +965,6 @@ parse_ref_summary (const char    *contents,
   ret = TRUE;
   ot_transfer_out_value (out_refs, &ret_refs);
  out:
-  if (ret_refs)
-    g_hash_table_unref (ret_refs);
   g_strfreev (lines);
   return ret;
 }
@@ -1021,22 +974,22 @@ ostree_builtin_pull (int argc, char **argv, GFile *repo_path, GError **error)
 {
   GOptionContext *context;
   gboolean ret = FALSE;
-  OtPullData pull_data_real;
-  OtPullData *pull_data = &pull_data_real;
-  OstreeRepo *repo = NULL;
-  char *path = NULL;
-  char *baseurl = NULL;
-  char *summary_data = NULL;
-  SoupURI *summary_uri = NULL;
-  GKeyFile *config = NULL;
-  GCancellable *cancellable = NULL;
-  GHashTable *refs_to_fetch = NULL;
-  GHashTable *commits_to_fetch = NULL;
   GHashTableIter hash_iter;
   gpointer key, value;
-  char *branch_rev = NULL;
-  char **configured_branches = NULL;
   int i;
+  GCancellable *cancellable = NULL;
+  ot_lobj OstreeRepo *repo = NULL;
+  ot_lfree char *path = NULL;
+  ot_lfree char *baseurl = NULL;
+  ot_lfree char *summary_data = NULL;
+  ot_lhash GHashTable *refs_to_fetch = NULL;
+  ot_lhash GHashTable *commits_to_fetch = NULL;
+  ot_lfree char *branch_rev = NULL;
+  OtPullData pull_data_real;
+  OtPullData *pull_data = &pull_data_real;
+  SoupURI *summary_uri = NULL;
+  GKeyFile *config = NULL;
+  char **configured_branches = NULL;
 
   context = g_option_context_new ("REMOTE [BRANCH...] - Download data from remote repository");
   g_option_context_add_main_entries (context, options, NULL);
@@ -1184,15 +1137,7 @@ ostree_builtin_pull (int argc, char **argv, GFile *repo_path, GError **error)
 
   ret = TRUE;
  out:
-  if (refs_to_fetch)
-    g_hash_table_unref (refs_to_fetch);
-  ot_clear_hashtable (&commits_to_fetch);
   g_strfreev (configured_branches);
-  g_free (path);
-  g_free (baseurl);
-  g_free (summary_data);
-  g_free (branch_rev);
-  ot_clear_hashtable (&(pull_data->file_checksums_to_fetch));
   if (context)
     g_option_context_free (context);
   g_clear_object (&pull_data->session);
@@ -1202,7 +1147,6 @@ ostree_builtin_pull (int argc, char **argv, GFile *repo_path, GError **error)
     g_ptr_array_unref (pull_data->cached_pack_indexes);
   if (summary_uri)
     soup_uri_free (summary_uri);
-  g_clear_object (&repo);
   return ret;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/ostree/ot-builtin-cat.c b/src/ostree/ot-builtin-cat.c
index ff04e8e7..09919ebf 100644
--- a/src/ostree/ot-builtin-cat.c
+++ b/src/ostree/ot-builtin-cat.c
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ cat_one_file (GFile         *f,
               GError       **error)
 {
   gboolean ret = FALSE;
-  GInputStream *in = NULL;
+  ot_lobj GInputStream *in = NULL;
   
   in = (GInputStream*)g_file_read (f, cancellable, error);
   if (!in)
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@ cat_one_file (GFile         *f,
 
   ret = TRUE;
  out:
-  g_clear_object (&in);
   return ret;
 }
 
@@ -60,13 +59,13 @@ ostree_builtin_cat (int argc, char **argv, GFile *repo_path, GError **error)
 {
   GOptionContext *context;
   gboolean ret = FALSE;
-  OstreeRepo *repo = NULL;
   int i;
   GCancellable *cancellable = NULL;
   const char *rev;
-  GOutputStream *stdout_stream = NULL;
-  GFile *root = NULL;
-  GFile *f = NULL;
+  ot_lobj OstreeRepo *repo = NULL;
+  ot_lobj GOutputStream *stdout_stream = NULL;
+  ot_lobj GFile *root = NULL;
+  ot_lobj GFile *f = NULL;
 
   context = g_option_context_new ("COMMIT PATH [PATH...] - Concatenate contents of files");
   g_option_context_add_main_entries (context, options, NULL);
@@ -101,11 +100,7 @@ ostree_builtin_cat (int argc, char **argv, GFile *repo_path, GError **error)
  
   ret = TRUE;
  out:
-  g_clear_object (&root);
-  g_clear_object (&f);
-  g_clear_object (&stdout_stream);
   if (context)
     g_option_context_free (context);
-  g_clear_object (&repo);
   return ret;
 }
diff --git a/src/ostree/ot-builtin-checkout.c b/src/ostree/ot-builtin-checkout.c
index c7c08524..437d83c4 100644
--- a/src/ostree/ot-builtin-checkout.c
+++ b/src/ostree/ot-builtin-checkout.c
@@ -53,9 +53,9 @@ atomic_symlink_swap (GFile          *dest,
                      GError        **error)
 {
   gboolean ret = FALSE;
-  GFile *parent = NULL;
-  char *tmp_name = NULL;
-  GFile *tmp_link = NULL;
+  ot_lobj GFile *parent = NULL;
+  ot_lfree char *tmp_name = NULL;
+  ot_lobj GFile *tmp_link = NULL;
 
   parent = g_file_get_parent (dest);
   /* HACK - should use randomly generated temporary target name */
@@ -72,9 +72,6 @@ atomic_symlink_swap (GFile          *dest,
 
   ret = TRUE;
  out:
-  g_free (tmp_name);
-  g_clear_object (&parent);
-  g_clear_object (&tmp_link);
   return ret;
 }
 
@@ -85,11 +82,11 @@ parse_commit_from_symlink (GFile        *symlink,
                            GError       **error)
 {
   gboolean ret = FALSE;
-  GFileInfo *file_info = NULL;
   const char *target;
   const char *last_dash;
   const char *checksum;
-  char *ret_commit = NULL;
+  ot_lobj GFileInfo *file_info = NULL;
+  ot_lfree char *ret_commit = NULL;
 
   file_info = g_file_query_info (symlink, OSTREE_GIO_FAST_QUERYINFO,
                                  G_FILE_QUERY_INFO_NOFOLLOW_SYMLINKS,
@@ -115,8 +112,6 @@ parse_commit_from_symlink (GFile        *symlink,
   ret = TRUE;
   ot_transfer_out_value (out_commit, &ret_commit);
  out:
-  g_free (ret_commit);
-  g_clear_object (&file_info);
   return ret;
 }
 
@@ -129,9 +124,9 @@ process_one_checkout (OstreeRepo           *repo,
                       GError              **error)
 {
   gboolean ret = FALSE;
-  OstreeRepoFile *root = NULL;
-  OstreeRepoFile *subtree = NULL;
-  GFileInfo *file_info = NULL;
+  ot_lobj OstreeRepoFile *root = NULL;
+  ot_lobj OstreeRepoFile *subtree = NULL;
+  ot_lobj GFileInfo *file_info = NULL;
   
   root = (OstreeRepoFile*)ostree_repo_file_new_root (repo, resolved_commit);
   if (!ostree_repo_file_ensure_resolved (root, error))
@@ -155,9 +150,6 @@ process_one_checkout (OstreeRepo           *repo,
                       
   ret = TRUE;
  out:
-  g_clear_object (&subtree);
-  g_clear_object (&root);
-  g_clear_object (&file_info);
   return ret;
 }
 
@@ -168,13 +160,13 @@ process_many_checkouts (OstreeRepo         *repo,
                         GError            **error)
 {
   gboolean ret = FALSE;
-  GInputStream *stdin_stream = NULL;
-  GDataInputStream *stdin_data = NULL;
-  char *revision = NULL;
-  char *subpath = NULL;
-  char *resolved_commit = NULL;
   gsize len;
   GError *temp_error = NULL;
+  ot_lobj GInputStream *stdin_stream = NULL;
+  ot_lobj GDataInputStream *stdin_data = NULL;
+  ot_lfree char *revision = NULL;
+  ot_lfree char *subpath = NULL;
+  ot_lfree char *resolved_commit = NULL;
 
   stdin_stream = (GInputStream*)g_unix_input_stream_new (0, FALSE);
   stdin_data = g_data_input_stream_new (stdin_stream);
@@ -216,11 +208,6 @@ process_many_checkouts (OstreeRepo         *repo,
 
   ret = TRUE;
  out:
-  g_free (subpath);
-  g_free (revision);
-  g_free (resolved_commit);
-  g_clear_object (&stdin_stream);
-  g_clear_object (&stdin_data);
   return ret;
 }
 
@@ -230,18 +217,18 @@ ostree_builtin_checkout (int argc, char **argv, GFile *repo_path, GError **error
   GOptionContext *context;
   GCancellable *cancellable = NULL;
   gboolean ret = FALSE;
-  OstreeRepo *repo = NULL;
   const char *commit;
-  char *existing_commit = NULL;
-  char *resolved_commit = NULL;
   const char *destination;
-  char *suffixed_destination = NULL;
-  char *tmp_destination = NULL;
-  GFileInfo *symlink_file_info = NULL;
-  GFile *checkout_target = NULL;
-  GFile *checkout_target_tmp = NULL;
-  GFile *symlink_target = NULL;
   gboolean skip_checkout;
+  ot_lobj OstreeRepo *repo = NULL;
+  ot_lfree char *existing_commit = NULL;
+  ot_lfree char *resolved_commit = NULL;
+  ot_lfree char *suffixed_destination = NULL;
+  ot_lfree char *tmp_destination = NULL;
+  ot_lobj GFileInfo *symlink_file_info = NULL;
+  ot_lobj GFile *checkout_target = NULL;
+  ot_lobj GFile *checkout_target_tmp = NULL;
+  ot_lobj GFile *symlink_target = NULL;
 
   context = g_option_context_new ("COMMIT DESTINATION - Check out a commit into a filesystem tree");
   g_option_context_add_main_entries (context, options, NULL);
@@ -358,16 +345,7 @@ ostree_builtin_checkout (int argc, char **argv, GFile *repo_path, GError **error
 
   ret = TRUE;
  out:
-  g_free (suffixed_destination);
-  g_free (tmp_destination);
-  g_free (resolved_commit);
-  g_free (existing_commit);
-  g_clear_object (&symlink_target);
-  g_clear_object (&checkout_target_tmp);
-  g_clear_object (&checkout_target);
   if (context)
     g_option_context_free (context);
-  g_clear_object (&repo);
-  g_clear_object (&symlink_file_info);
   return ret;
 }
diff --git a/src/ostree/ot-builtin-checksum.c b/src/ostree/ot-builtin-checksum.c
index 2e5f665d..ad33394a 100644
--- a/src/ostree/ot-builtin-checksum.c
+++ b/src/ostree/ot-builtin-checksum.c
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ ostree_builtin_checksum (int argc, char **argv, GFile *repo_path_path, GError **
 {
   GOptionContext *context;
   gboolean ret = FALSE;
-  GFile *f = NULL;
+  ot_lobj GFile *f = NULL;
   AsyncChecksumData data;
 
   context = g_option_context_new ("FILENAME - Checksum a file or directory");
@@ -87,7 +87,6 @@ ostree_builtin_checksum (int argc, char **argv, GFile *repo_path_path, GError **
  out:
   if (data.loop)
     g_main_loop_unref (data.loop);
-  g_clear_object (&f);
   if (context)
     g_option_context_free (context);
   return ret;
diff --git a/src/ostree/ot-builtin-commit.c b/src/ostree/ot-builtin-commit.c
index d6a327fc..317f7742 100644
--- a/src/ostree/ot-builtin-commit.c
+++ b/src/ostree/ot-builtin-commit.c
@@ -68,12 +68,12 @@ parse_statoverride_file (GHashTable   **out_mode_add,
                          GError        **error)
 {
   gboolean ret = FALSE;
-  GFile *path = NULL;
-  char *contents = NULL;
   gsize len;
-  GHashTable *ret_hash = NULL;
+  char **iter = NULL; /* nofree */
+  ot_lhash GHashTable *ret_hash = NULL;
+  ot_lobj GFile *path = NULL;
+  ot_lfree char *contents = NULL;
   char **lines = NULL;
-  char **iter = NULL;
 
   path = ot_gfile_new_for_path (statoverride_file);
 
@@ -111,11 +111,7 @@ parse_statoverride_file (GHashTable   **out_mode_add,
   ret = TRUE;
   ot_transfer_out_value (out_mode_add, &ret_hash);
  out:
-  if (ret_hash)
-    g_hash_table_unref (ret_hash);
-  g_free (contents);
   g_strfreev (lines);
-  g_clear_object (&path);
   return ret;
 }
 
@@ -150,24 +146,24 @@ ostree_builtin_commit (int argc, char **argv, GFile *repo_path, GError **error)
 {
   GOptionContext *context;
   gboolean ret = FALSE;
-  OstreeRepo *repo = NULL;
-  GFile *arg = NULL;
-  char *parent = NULL;
-  char *commit_checksum = NULL;
-  GVariant *parent_commit = NULL;
-  GVariant *metadata = NULL;
-  GMappedFile *metadata_mappedf = NULL;
-  GFile *metadata_f = NULL;
-  OstreeRepoCommitModifier *modifier = NULL;
-  char *contents_checksum = NULL;
-  GCancellable *cancellable = NULL;
-  OstreeMutableTree *mtree = NULL;
-  char *tree_type = NULL;
-  GVariantBuilder metadata_builder;
-  gboolean metadata_builder_initialized = FALSE;
   gboolean skip_commit = FALSE;
   gboolean in_transaction = FALSE;
-  GHashTable *mode_adds = NULL;
+  GCancellable *cancellable = NULL;
+  ot_lobj OstreeRepo *repo = NULL;
+  ot_lobj GFile *arg = NULL;
+  ot_lfree char *parent = NULL;
+  ot_lfree char *commit_checksum = NULL;
+  ot_lvariant GVariant *parent_commit = NULL;
+  ot_lvariant GVariant *metadata = NULL;
+  ot_lobj GFile *metadata_f = NULL;
+  ot_lfree char *contents_checksum = NULL;
+  ot_lobj OstreeMutableTree *mtree = NULL;
+  ot_lfree char *tree_type = NULL;
+  ot_lhash GHashTable *mode_adds = NULL;
+  OstreeRepoCommitModifier *modifier = NULL;
+  GMappedFile *metadata_mappedf = NULL;
+  GVariantBuilder metadata_builder;
+  gboolean metadata_builder_initialized = FALSE;
 
   context = g_option_context_new ("[ARG] - Commit a new revision");
   g_option_context_add_main_entries (context, options, NULL);
@@ -188,6 +184,7 @@ ostree_builtin_commit (int argc, char **argv, GFile *repo_path, GError **error)
                                       NULL, error);
           if (!metadata)
             goto out;
+          g_variant_ref_sink (metadata);
         }
       else if (metadata_bin_path)
         {
@@ -227,6 +224,7 @@ ostree_builtin_commit (int argc, char **argv, GFile *repo_path, GError **error)
         }
       metadata = g_variant_builder_end (&metadata_builder);
       metadata_builder_initialized = FALSE;
+      g_variant_ref_sink (metadata);
     }
 
   if (statoverride_file)
@@ -421,21 +419,11 @@ ostree_builtin_commit (int argc, char **argv, GFile *repo_path, GError **error)
     }
   if (metadata_builder_initialized)
     g_variant_builder_clear (&metadata_builder);
-  g_clear_object (&arg);
-  g_clear_object (&mtree);
-  g_free (contents_checksum);
-  g_free (parent);
-  ot_clear_gvariant(&parent_commit);
-  if (mode_adds)
-    g_hash_table_unref (mode_adds);
-  g_free (tree_type);
   if (metadata_mappedf)
     g_mapped_file_unref (metadata_mappedf);
   if (context)
     g_option_context_free (context);
   if (modifier)
     ostree_repo_commit_modifier_unref (modifier);
-  g_clear_object (&repo);
-  g_free (commit_checksum);
   return ret;
 }
diff --git a/src/ostree/ot-builtin-compose.c b/src/ostree/ot-builtin-compose.c
index 48375e0d..f66b8581 100644
--- a/src/ostree/ot-builtin-compose.c
+++ b/src/ostree/ot-builtin-compose.c
@@ -48,12 +48,12 @@ add_branch (OstreeRepo          *repo,
             GError             **error)
 {
   gboolean ret = FALSE;
-  GFile *branchf = NULL;
-  GFile *subdir = NULL;
   const char *branch_rev;
-  char **components = NULL;
   const char *branch_name;
   const char *path;
+  ot_lobj GFile *branchf = NULL;
+  ot_lobj GFile *subdir = NULL;
+  char **components = NULL;
 
   components = g_strsplit (branch_path, ":", 2);
 
@@ -86,7 +86,6 @@ add_branch (OstreeRepo          *repo,
   ret = TRUE;
  out:
   g_strfreev (components);
-  g_clear_object (&branchf);
   return ret;
 }
 
@@ -95,30 +94,30 @@ ostree_builtin_compose (int argc, char **argv, GFile *repo_path, GError **error)
 {
   GOptionContext *context;
   gboolean ret = FALSE;
-  OstreeRepo *repo = NULL;
-  char *parent = NULL;
-  GFile *destf = NULL;
-  GHashTable *seen_branches = NULL;
+  GCancellable *cancellable = NULL;
+  int i;
+  gboolean skip_commit = FALSE;
+  gboolean in_transaction = FALSE;
+  ot_lobj OstreeRepo *repo = NULL;
+  ot_lfree char *parent = NULL;
+  ot_lobj GFile *destf = NULL;
+  ot_lhash GHashTable *seen_branches = NULL;
+  ot_lvariant GVariant *parent_commit = NULL;
+  ot_lvariant GVariant *parent_commit_metadata = NULL;
+  ot_lvariant GVariant *parent_commit_compose = NULL;
+  ot_lvariant GVariant *commit_metadata = NULL;
+  ot_lfree char *contents_checksum = NULL;
+  ot_lfree char *commit_checksum = NULL;
+  ot_lobj GFile *metadata_f = NULL;
+  ot_lobj GFile *from_file = NULL;
+  ot_lfree char *from_file_contents = NULL;
   gboolean compose_metadata_builder_initialized = FALSE;
   GVariantBuilder compose_metadata_builder;
   gboolean commit_metadata_builder_initialized = FALSE;
   GVariantBuilder commit_metadata_builder;
-  GVariant *parent_commit = NULL;
-  GVariant *parent_commit_metadata = NULL;
-  GVariant *parent_commit_compose = NULL;
-  GVariant *commit_metadata = NULL;
   GVariantIter *parent_commit_compose_iter = NULL;
-  char *contents_checksum = NULL;
-  char *commit_checksum = NULL;
-  GCancellable *cancellable = NULL;
-  GFile *metadata_f = NULL;
-  GFile *from_file = NULL;
-  char *from_file_contents = NULL;
   char **from_file_args = NULL;
   OstreeMutableTree *mtree = NULL;
-  gboolean skip_commit = FALSE;
-  gboolean in_transaction = FALSE;
-  int i;
 
   context = g_option_context_new ("BRANCH1 BRANCH2 ... - Merge multiple commits into a single commit tree");
   g_option_context_add_main_entries (context, options, NULL);
@@ -270,30 +269,14 @@ ostree_builtin_compose (int argc, char **argv, GFile *repo_path, GError **error)
     {
       (void) ostree_repo_abort_transaction (repo, cancellable, NULL);
     }
-
   if (compose_metadata_builder_initialized)
     g_variant_builder_clear (&compose_metadata_builder);
   if (commit_metadata_builder_initialized)
     g_variant_builder_clear (&commit_metadata_builder);
   if (context)
     g_option_context_free (context);
-  g_free (parent);
-  g_free (contents_checksum);
-  g_free (commit_checksum);
-  if (seen_branches)
-    g_hash_table_destroy (seen_branches);
-  ot_clear_gvariant (&commit_metadata);
-  ot_clear_gvariant (&parent_commit);
-  ot_clear_gvariant (&parent_commit_metadata);
-  ot_clear_gvariant (&parent_commit_compose);
   if (parent_commit_compose_iter)
     g_variant_iter_free (parent_commit_compose_iter);
-  g_clear_object (&repo);
-  g_clear_object (&destf);
-  g_clear_object (&metadata_f);
-  g_clear_object (&mtree);
-  g_clear_object (&from_file);
-  g_free (from_file_contents);
   g_strfreev (from_file_args);
   return ret;
 }
diff --git a/src/ostree/ot-builtin-diff.c b/src/ostree/ot-builtin-diff.c
index 88c79128..6d9b50e2 100644
--- a/src/ostree/ot-builtin-diff.c
+++ b/src/ostree/ot-builtin-diff.c
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ parse_file_or_commit (OstreeRepo  *repo,
                       GError     **error)
 {
   gboolean ret = FALSE;
-  GFile *ret_file = NULL;
+  ot_lfree GFile *ret_file = NULL;
 
   if (g_str_has_prefix (arg, "/")
       || g_str_has_prefix (arg, "./")
@@ -54,10 +54,8 @@ parse_file_or_commit (OstreeRepo  *repo,
     }
 
   ret = TRUE;
-  *out_file = ret_file;
-  ret_file = NULL;
+  ot_transfer_out_value (out_file, &ret_file);
  out:
-  g_clear_object (&ret_file);
   return ret;
 }
 
@@ -70,8 +68,8 @@ get_file_checksum (GFile  *f,
                    GError   **error)
 {
   gboolean ret = FALSE;
+  ot_lfree char *ret_checksum = NULL;
   GChecksum *tmp_checksum = NULL;
-  char *ret_checksum = NULL;
 
   if (OSTREE_IS_REPO_FILE (f))
     {
@@ -161,8 +159,8 @@ diff_files (GFile          *a,
             GError        **error)
 {
   gboolean ret = FALSE;
-  char *checksum_a = NULL;
-  char *checksum_b = NULL;
+  ot_lfree char *checksum_a = NULL;
+  ot_lfree char *checksum_b = NULL;
   DiffItem *ret_item = NULL;
 
   if (!get_file_checksum (a, a_info, &checksum_a, cancellable, error))
@@ -181,8 +179,6 @@ diff_files (GFile          *a,
  out:
   if (ret_item)
     diff_item_unref (ret_item);
-  g_free (checksum_a);
-  g_free (checksum_b);
   return ret;
 }
 
@@ -193,10 +189,10 @@ diff_add_dir_recurse (GFile          *d,
                       GError        **error)
 {
   gboolean ret = FALSE;
-  GFileEnumerator *dir_enum = NULL;
   GError *temp_error = NULL;
-  GFile *child = NULL;
-  GFileInfo *child_info = NULL;
+  ot_lobj GFileEnumerator *dir_enum = NULL;
+  ot_lobj GFile *child = NULL;
+  ot_lobj GFileInfo *child_info = NULL;
 
   dir_enum = g_file_enumerate_children (d, OSTREE_GIO_FAST_QUERYINFO, 
                                         G_FILE_QUERY_INFO_NOFOLLOW_SYMLINKS,
@@ -232,9 +228,6 @@ diff_add_dir_recurse (GFile          *d,
 
   ret = TRUE;
  out:
-  g_clear_object (&child_info);
-  g_clear_object (&child);
-  g_clear_object (&dir_enum);
   return ret;
 }
 
@@ -248,12 +241,12 @@ diff_dirs (GFile          *a,
            GError        **error)
 {
   gboolean ret = FALSE;
-  GFileEnumerator *dir_enum = NULL;
   GError *temp_error = NULL;
-  GFile *child_a = NULL;
-  GFile *child_b = NULL;
-  GFileInfo *child_a_info = NULL;
-  GFileInfo *child_b_info = NULL;
+  ot_lobj GFileEnumerator *dir_enum = NULL;
+  ot_lobj GFile *child_a = NULL;
+  ot_lobj GFile *child_b = NULL;
+  ot_lobj GFileInfo *child_a_info = NULL;
+  ot_lobj GFileInfo *child_b_info = NULL;
 
   dir_enum = g_file_enumerate_children (a, OSTREE_GIO_FAST_QUERYINFO, 
                                         G_FILE_QUERY_INFO_NOFOLLOW_SYMLINKS,
@@ -384,11 +377,6 @@ diff_dirs (GFile          *a,
 
   ret = TRUE;
  out:
-  g_clear_object (&dir_enum);
-  g_clear_object (&child_a_info);
-  g_clear_object (&child_b_info);
-  g_clear_object (&child_a);
-  g_clear_object (&child_b);
   return ret;
 }
 
@@ -398,17 +386,17 @@ ostree_builtin_diff (int argc, char **argv, GFile *repo_path, GError **error)
   gboolean ret = FALSE;
   GOptionContext *context;
   GCancellable *cancellable = NULL;
-  OstreeRepo *repo = NULL;
-  char *src_prev = NULL;
+  int i;
   const char *src;
   const char *target;
-  GFile *srcf = NULL;
-  GFile *targetf = NULL;
-  GFile *cwd = NULL;
-  GPtrArray *modified = NULL;
-  GPtrArray *removed = NULL;
-  GPtrArray *added = NULL;
-  int i;
+  ot_lobj OstreeRepo *repo = NULL;
+  ot_lfree char *src_prev = NULL;
+  ot_lobj GFile *srcf = NULL;
+  ot_lobj GFile *targetf = NULL;
+  ot_lobj GFile *cwd = NULL;
+  ot_lptrarray GPtrArray *modified = NULL;
+  ot_lptrarray GPtrArray *removed = NULL;
+  ot_lptrarray GPtrArray *added = NULL;
 
   context = g_option_context_new ("REV TARGETDIR - Compare directory TARGETDIR against revision REV");
   g_option_context_add_main_entries (context, options, NULL);
@@ -481,16 +469,5 @@ ostree_builtin_diff (int argc, char **argv, GFile *repo_path, GError **error)
 
   ret = TRUE;
  out:
-  g_free (src_prev);
-  g_clear_object (&repo);
-  g_clear_object (&cwd);
-  g_clear_object (&srcf);
-  g_clear_object (&targetf);
-  if (modified)
-    g_ptr_array_free (modified, TRUE);
-  if (removed)
-    g_ptr_array_free (removed, TRUE);
-  if (added)
-    g_ptr_array_free (added, TRUE);
   return ret;
 }
diff --git a/src/ostree/ot-builtin-fsck.c b/src/ostree/ot-builtin-fsck.c
index ee45dc38..af0b2f95 100644
--- a/src/ostree/ot-builtin-fsck.c
+++ b/src/ostree/ot-builtin-fsck.c
@@ -48,18 +48,18 @@ fsck_pack_files (OtFsckData  *data,
                  GError        **error)
 {
   gboolean ret = FALSE;
-  GPtrArray *pack_indexes = NULL;
-  GVariant *index_variant = NULL;
-  GFile *pack_index_path = NULL;
-  GFile *pack_data_path = NULL;
-  GFileInfo *pack_info = NULL;
-  GInputStream *input = NULL;
-  GChecksum *pack_content_checksum = NULL;
-  GVariantIter *index_content_iter = NULL;
   guint i;
   guint32 objtype;
   guint64 offset;
   guint64 pack_size;
+  ot_lptrarray GPtrArray *pack_indexes = NULL;
+  ot_lvariant GVariant *index_variant = NULL;
+  ot_lobj GFile *pack_index_path = NULL;
+  ot_lobj GFile *pack_data_path = NULL;
+  ot_lobj GFileInfo *pack_info = NULL;
+  ot_lobj GInputStream *input = NULL;
+  GChecksum *pack_content_checksum = NULL;
+  GVariantIter *index_content_iter = NULL;
 
   if (!ostree_repo_list_pack_indexes (data->repo, &pack_indexes, cancellable, error))
     goto out;
@@ -131,13 +131,7 @@ fsck_pack_files (OtFsckData  *data,
  out:
   if (index_content_iter)
     g_variant_iter_free (index_content_iter);
-  if (pack_content_checksum)
-    g_checksum_free (pack_content_checksum);
-  if (pack_indexes)
-    g_ptr_array_unref (pack_indexes);
-  g_clear_object (&pack_info);
-  g_clear_object (&pack_data_path);
-  g_clear_object (&input);
+  ot_clear_checksum (&pack_content_checksum);
   return ret;
 }
 
@@ -148,14 +142,14 @@ fsck_reachable_objects_from_commits (OtFsckData            *data,
                                      GError               **error)
 {
   gboolean ret = FALSE;
-  GHashTable *reachable_objects = NULL;
   GHashTableIter hash_iter;
   gpointer key, value;
-  GInputStream *input = NULL;
-  GFileInfo *file_info = NULL;
-  GVariant *xattrs = NULL;
-  GVariant *metadata = NULL;
-  GVariant *metadata_wrapped = NULL;
+  ot_lhash GHashTable *reachable_objects = NULL;
+  ot_lobj GInputStream *input = NULL;
+  ot_lobj GFileInfo *file_info = NULL;
+  ot_lvariant GVariant *xattrs = NULL;
+  ot_lvariant GVariant *metadata = NULL;
+  ot_lvariant GVariant *metadata_wrapped = NULL;
   GChecksum *computed_checksum = NULL;
 
   reachable_objects = ostree_traverse_new_reachable ();
@@ -268,12 +262,6 @@ fsck_reachable_objects_from_commits (OtFsckData            *data,
   ret = TRUE;
  out:
   ot_clear_checksum (&computed_checksum);
-  g_clear_object (&input);
-  g_clear_object (&file_info);
-  ot_clear_gvariant (&xattrs);
-  ot_clear_gvariant (&metadata);
-  ot_clear_gvariant (&metadata_wrapped);
-  ot_clear_hashtable (&reachable_objects);
   return ret;
 }
 
@@ -283,12 +271,12 @@ ostree_builtin_fsck (int argc, char **argv, GFile *repo_path, GError **error)
   GOptionContext *context;
   OtFsckData data;
   gboolean ret = FALSE;
-  OstreeRepo *repo = NULL;
-  GHashTable *objects = NULL;
-  GHashTable *commits = NULL;
   GCancellable *cancellable = NULL;
   GHashTableIter hash_iter;
   gpointer key, value;
+  ot_lobj OstreeRepo *repo = NULL;
+  ot_lhash GHashTable *objects = NULL;
+  ot_lhash GHashTable *commits = NULL;
 
   context = g_option_context_new ("- Check the repository for consistency");
   g_option_context_add_main_entries (context, options, NULL);
@@ -343,8 +331,5 @@ ostree_builtin_fsck (int argc, char **argv, GFile *repo_path, GError **error)
  out:
   if (context)
     g_option_context_free (context);
-  g_clear_object (&repo);
-  ot_clear_hashtable (&objects);
-  ot_clear_hashtable (&commits);
   return ret;
 }
diff --git a/src/ostree/ot-builtin-init.c b/src/ostree/ot-builtin-init.c
index 5d648d89..73631b5e 100644
--- a/src/ostree/ot-builtin-init.c
+++ b/src/ostree/ot-builtin-init.c
@@ -43,11 +43,11 @@ ostree_builtin_init (int argc, char **argv, GFile *repo_path, GError **error)
 {
   GOptionContext *context = NULL;
   gboolean ret = FALSE;
-  GFile *child = NULL;
-  GFile *grandchild = NULL;
   GCancellable *cancellable = NULL;
+  ot_lobj GFile *child = NULL;
+  ot_lobj GFile *grandchild = NULL;
+  ot_lobj OstreeRepo *repo = NULL;
   GString *config_data = NULL;
-  OstreeRepo *repo = NULL;
 
   context = g_option_context_new ("- Initialize a new empty repository");
   g_option_context_add_main_entries (context, options, NULL);
@@ -119,8 +119,5 @@ ostree_builtin_init (int argc, char **argv, GFile *repo_path, GError **error)
     g_option_context_free (context);
   if (config_data)
     g_string_free (config_data, TRUE);
-  g_clear_object (&child);
-  g_clear_object (&grandchild);
-  g_clear_object (&repo);
   return ret;
 }
diff --git a/src/ostree/ot-builtin-local-clone.c b/src/ostree/ot-builtin-local-clone.c
index 7f2d5aa9..208875f2 100644
--- a/src/ostree/ot-builtin-local-clone.c
+++ b/src/ostree/ot-builtin-local-clone.c
@@ -45,11 +45,11 @@ copy_dir_contents_recurse (GFile  *src,
                            GError   **error)
 {
   gboolean ret = FALSE;
-  GFile *child_src = NULL;
-  GFile *child_dest = NULL;
-  GFileEnumerator *dir_enum = NULL;
-  GFileInfo *file_info = NULL;
   GError *temp_error = NULL;
+  ot_lobj GFile *child_src = NULL;
+  ot_lobj GFile *child_dest = NULL;
+  ot_lobj GFileEnumerator *dir_enum = NULL;
+  ot_lobj GFileInfo *file_info = NULL;
 
   dir_enum = g_file_enumerate_children (src, OSTREE_GIO_FAST_QUERYINFO,
                                         G_FILE_QUERY_INFO_NOFOLLOW_SYMLINKS,
@@ -90,10 +90,6 @@ copy_dir_contents_recurse (GFile  *src,
 
   ret = TRUE;
  out:
-  g_clear_object (&dir_enum);
-  g_clear_object (&child_src);
-  g_clear_object (&child_dest);
-  g_clear_object (&file_info);
   return ret;
 }
 
@@ -105,13 +101,13 @@ import_loose_object (OtLocalCloneData *data,
                      GError        **error)
 {
   gboolean ret = FALSE;
-  GFile *objfile = NULL;
-  GFileInfo *file_info = NULL;
-  GFile *content_path = NULL;
-  GFileInfo *archive_info = NULL;
-  GVariant *archive_metadata = NULL;
-  GVariant *xattrs = NULL;
-  GInputStream *input = NULL;
+  ot_lobj GFile *objfile = NULL;
+  ot_lobj GFileInfo *file_info = NULL;
+  ot_lobj GFile *content_path = NULL;
+  ot_lobj GFileInfo *archive_info = NULL;
+  ot_lvariant GVariant *archive_metadata = NULL;
+  ot_lvariant GVariant *xattrs = NULL;
+  ot_lobj GInputStream *input = NULL;
 
   objfile = ostree_repo_get_object_path (data->src_repo, checksum, objtype);
   file_info = g_file_query_info (objfile, OSTREE_GIO_FAST_QUERYINFO,
@@ -167,13 +163,6 @@ import_loose_object (OtLocalCloneData *data,
 
   ret = TRUE;
  out:
-  ot_clear_gvariant (&archive_metadata);
-  ot_clear_gvariant (&xattrs);
-  g_clear_object (&archive_info);
-  g_clear_object (&input);
-  g_clear_object (&content_path);
-  g_clear_object (&file_info);
-  g_clear_object (&objfile);
   return ret;
 }
 
@@ -185,10 +174,10 @@ copy_one_ref (GFile   *src_repo_dir,
               GError **error)
 {
   gboolean ret = FALSE;
-  GFile *src_path = NULL;
-  GFile *dest_path = NULL;
-  GFile *dest_parent = NULL;
-  char *refpath = NULL;
+  ot_lobj GFile *src_path = NULL;
+  ot_lobj GFile *dest_path = NULL;
+  ot_lobj GFile *dest_parent = NULL;
+  ot_lfree char *refpath = NULL;
 
   refpath = g_build_filename ("refs/heads", name, NULL);
   src_path = g_file_resolve_relative_path (src_repo_dir, refpath);
@@ -204,10 +193,6 @@ copy_one_ref (GFile   *src_repo_dir,
   
   ret = TRUE;
  out:
-  g_clear_object (&src_path);
-  g_clear_object (&dest_path);
-  g_clear_object (&dest_parent);
-  g_free (refpath);
   return ret;
 }
 
@@ -216,20 +201,20 @@ ostree_builtin_local_clone (int argc, char **argv, GFile *repo_path, GError **er
 {
   gboolean ret = FALSE;
   GCancellable *cancellable = NULL;
-  GHashTable *objects = NULL;
   GOptionContext *context;
   const char *destination;
-  GFile *dest_f = NULL;
-  OtLocalCloneData data;
-  GFile *src_repo_dir = NULL;
-  GFile *dest_repo_dir = NULL;
-  GFileInfo *src_info = NULL;
-  GFileInfo *dest_info = NULL;
-  GFile *src_dir = NULL;
-  GFile *dest_dir = NULL;
   int i;
   GHashTableIter hash_iter;
   gpointer key, value;
+  ot_lhash GHashTable *objects = NULL;
+  ot_lobj GFile *dest_f = NULL;
+  ot_lobj GFile *src_repo_dir = NULL;
+  ot_lobj GFile *dest_repo_dir = NULL;
+  ot_lobj GFileInfo *src_info = NULL;
+  ot_lobj GFileInfo *dest_info = NULL;
+  ot_lobj GFile *src_dir = NULL;
+  ot_lobj GFile *dest_dir = NULL;
+  OtLocalCloneData data;
 
   context = g_option_context_new ("DEST ... - Create new repository DEST");
   g_option_context_add_main_entries (context, options, NULL);
@@ -334,16 +319,5 @@ ostree_builtin_local_clone (int argc, char **argv, GFile *repo_path, GError **er
  out:
   if (context)
     g_option_context_free (context);
-  g_clear_object (&dest_f);
-  g_clear_object (&src_repo_dir);
-  g_clear_object (&dest_repo_dir);
-  g_clear_object (&src_info);
-  g_clear_object (&dest_info);
-  g_clear_object (&src_dir);
-  g_clear_object (&dest_dir);
-  g_clear_object (&data.src_repo);
-  g_clear_object (&data.dest_repo);
-  if (objects)
-    g_hash_table_unref (objects);
   return ret;
 }
diff --git a/src/ostree/ot-builtin-log.c b/src/ostree/ot-builtin-log.c
index ebdbcd35..cb0b8e9e 100644
--- a/src/ostree/ot-builtin-log.c
+++ b/src/ostree/ot-builtin-log.c
@@ -36,11 +36,11 @@ ostree_builtin_log (int argc, char **argv, GFile *repo_path, GError **error)
 {
   GOptionContext *context;
   gboolean ret = FALSE;
-  OstreeRepo *repo = NULL;
-  GOutputStream *pager = NULL;
   const char *rev;
-  GVariant *commit = NULL;
-  char *resolved_rev = NULL;
+  ot_lobj OstreeRepo *repo = NULL;
+  ot_lobj GOutputStream *pager = NULL;
+  ot_lvariant GVariant *commit = NULL;
+  ot_lfree char *resolved_rev = NULL;
 
   context = g_option_context_new ("- Show revision log");
   g_option_context_add_main_entries (context, options, NULL);
@@ -141,10 +141,7 @@ ostree_builtin_log (int argc, char **argv, GFile *repo_path, GError **error)
  
   ret = TRUE;
  out:
-  g_free (resolved_rev);
   if (context)
     g_option_context_free (context);
-  ot_clear_gvariant (&commit);
-  g_clear_object (&repo);
   return ret;
 }
diff --git a/src/ostree/ot-builtin-ls.c b/src/ostree/ot-builtin-ls.c
index 4f57f7de..6bbd3244 100644
--- a/src/ostree/ot-builtin-ls.c
+++ b/src/ostree/ot-builtin-ls.c
@@ -151,9 +151,9 @@ print_directory_recurse (GFile    *f,
                          GError  **error)
 {
   gboolean ret = FALSE;
-  GFileEnumerator *dir_enum = NULL;
-  GFile *child = NULL;
-  GFileInfo *child_info = NULL;
+  ot_lobj GFileEnumerator *dir_enum = NULL;
+  ot_lobj GFile *child = NULL;
+  ot_lobj GFileInfo *child_info = NULL;
   GError *temp_error = NULL;
 
   dir_enum = g_file_enumerate_children (f, OSTREE_GIO_FAST_QUERYINFO, 
@@ -186,9 +186,6 @@ print_directory_recurse (GFile    *f,
 
   ret = TRUE;
  out:
-  g_clear_object (&child_info);
-  g_clear_object (&child);
-  g_clear_object (&dir_enum);
   return ret;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/ostree/ot-builtin-pack.c b/src/ostree/ot-builtin-pack.c
index 00474156..cc8f5e78 100644
--- a/src/ostree/ot-builtin-pack.c
+++ b/src/ostree/ot-builtin-pack.c
@@ -197,13 +197,13 @@ compare_index_content (gconstpointer         ap,
   gpointer b = *((gpointer*)bp);
   GVariant *a_v = a;
   GVariant *b_v = b;
-  GVariant *a_csum_bytes;
-  GVariant *b_csum_bytes;
   guint32 a_objtype;
   guint32 b_objtype;
   guint64 a_offset;
   guint64 b_offset;
   int c;
+  ot_lvariant GVariant *a_csum_bytes = NULL;
+  ot_lvariant GVariant *b_csum_bytes = NULL;
 
   g_variant_get (a_v, "(u@ayt)", &a_objtype, &a_csum_bytes, &a_offset);      
   g_variant_get (b_v, "(u@ayt)", &b_objtype, &b_csum_bytes, &b_offset);      
@@ -228,11 +228,11 @@ delete_loose_object (OtRepackData     *data,
                      GError          **error)
 {
   gboolean ret = FALSE;
-  GFile *object_path = NULL;
-  GFile *content_object_path = NULL;
-  GVariant *archive_meta = NULL;
-  GFileInfo *file_info = NULL;
-  GVariant *xattrs = NULL;
+  ot_lobj GFile *object_path = NULL;
+  ot_lobj GFile *content_object_path = NULL;
+  ot_lvariant GVariant *archive_meta = NULL;
+  ot_lobj GFileInfo *file_info = NULL;
+  ot_lvariant GVariant *xattrs = NULL;
 
   object_path = ostree_repo_get_object_path (data->repo, checksum, objtype);
   
@@ -266,11 +266,6 @@ delete_loose_object (OtRepackData     *data,
 
   ret = TRUE;
  out:
-  g_clear_object (&object_path);
-  g_clear_object (&content_object_path);
-  ot_clear_gvariant (&archive_meta);
-  g_clear_object (&file_info);
-  ot_clear_gvariant (&xattrs);
   return ret;
 }
 
@@ -281,29 +276,29 @@ create_pack_file (OtRepackData        *data,
                   GError             **error)
 {
   gboolean ret = FALSE;
-  GFile *pack_dir = NULL;
-  GFile *index_temppath = NULL;
-  GOutputStream *index_out = NULL;
-  GFile *pack_temppath = NULL;
-  GOutputStream *pack_out = NULL;
-  GFile *object_path = NULL;
-  GFileInfo *object_file_info = NULL;
-  GFileInputStream *object_input = NULL;
-  GConverter *compressor = NULL;
-  GConverterInputStream *compressed_object_input = NULL;
   guint i;
   guint64 offset;
   gsize bytes_written;
-  GPtrArray *index_content_list = NULL;
-  GVariant *pack_header = NULL;
-  GVariant *packed_object = NULL;
-  GVariant *index_content = NULL;
+  ot_lobj GFile *pack_dir = NULL;
+  ot_lobj GFile *index_temppath = NULL;
+  ot_lobj GOutputStream *index_out = NULL;
+  ot_lobj GFile *pack_temppath = NULL;
+  ot_lobj GOutputStream *pack_out = NULL;
+  ot_lobj GFile *object_path = NULL;
+  ot_lobj GFileInfo *object_file_info = NULL;
+  ot_lobj GFileInputStream *object_input = NULL;
+  ot_lobj GConverter *compressor = NULL;
+  ot_lobj GConverterInputStream *compressed_object_input = NULL;
+  ot_lptrarray GPtrArray *index_content_list = NULL;
+  ot_lvariant GVariant *pack_header = NULL;
+  ot_lvariant GVariant *packed_object = NULL;
+  ot_lvariant GVariant *index_content = NULL;
+  ot_lfree char *pack_name = NULL;
+  ot_lobj GFile *pack_file_path = NULL;
+  ot_lobj GFile *pack_index_path = NULL;
+  GMemoryOutputStream *object_data_stream = NULL;
   GVariantBuilder index_content_builder;
   GChecksum *pack_checksum = NULL;
-  char *pack_name = NULL;
-  GFile *pack_file_path = NULL;
-  GFile *pack_index_path = NULL;
-  GMemoryOutputStream *object_data_stream = NULL;
 
   if (g_cancellable_set_error_if_cancelled (cancellable, error))
     return FALSE;
@@ -496,26 +491,10 @@ create_pack_file (OtRepackData        *data,
  out:
   if (index_temppath)
     (void) unlink (ot_gfile_get_path_cached (index_temppath));
-  g_clear_object (&index_temppath);
-  g_clear_object (&index_out);
   if (pack_temppath)
     (void) unlink (ot_gfile_get_path_cached (pack_temppath));
-  g_clear_object (&pack_temppath);
-  g_clear_object (&pack_out);
-  g_clear_object (&object_path);
-  g_clear_object (&object_input);
-  g_clear_object (&compressor);
-  g_clear_object (&compressed_object_input);
-  g_clear_object (&object_file_info);
   if (pack_checksum)
     g_checksum_free (pack_checksum);
-  g_clear_object (&pack_dir);
-  ot_clear_gvariant (&index_content);
-  g_free (pack_name);
-  g_clear_object (&pack_file_path);
-  g_clear_object (&pack_index_path);
-  if (index_content_list)
-    g_ptr_array_unref (index_content_list);
   return ret;
 }
 
@@ -535,15 +514,15 @@ cluster_objects_stupidly (OtRepackData      *data,
                           GError           **error)
 {
   gboolean ret = FALSE;
-  GPtrArray *ret_clusters = NULL;
-  GPtrArray *object_list = NULL;
   guint i;
   guint64 current_size;
   guint current_offset;
   GHashTableIter hash_iter;
   gpointer key, value;
-  GFile *object_path = NULL;
-  GFileInfo *object_info = NULL;
+  ot_lptrarray GPtrArray *ret_clusters = NULL;
+  ot_lptrarray GPtrArray *object_list = NULL;
+  ot_lobj GFile *object_path = NULL;
+  ot_lobj GFileInfo *object_info = NULL;
 
   object_list = g_ptr_array_new_with_free_func ((GDestroyNotify)g_variant_unref);
 
@@ -620,8 +599,6 @@ cluster_objects_stupidly (OtRepackData      *data,
   ret = TRUE;
   ot_transfer_out_value (out_clusters, &ret_clusters);
  out:
-  if (object_list)
-    g_ptr_array_unref (object_list);
   return ret;
 }
 
@@ -717,7 +694,6 @@ do_stats_gather_loose (OtRepackData  *data,
                        GError       **error)
 {
   gboolean ret = FALSE;
-  GHashTable *ret_loose = NULL;
   guint n_loose = 0;
   guint n_loose_and_packed = 0;
   guint n_packed = 0;
@@ -728,6 +704,7 @@ do_stats_gather_loose (OtRepackData  *data,
   guint n_files = 0;
   GHashTableIter hash_iter;
   gpointer key, value;
+  ot_lhash GHashTable *ret_loose = NULL;
 
   ret_loose = g_hash_table_new_full (ostree_hash_object_name, g_variant_equal,
                                      (GDestroyNotify) g_variant_unref,
@@ -803,8 +780,6 @@ do_stats_gather_loose (OtRepackData  *data,
   ret = TRUE;
   ot_transfer_out_value (out_loose, &ret_loose);
  /* out: */
-  if (ret_loose)
-    g_hash_table_unref (ret_loose);
   return ret;
 }
 
@@ -814,10 +789,10 @@ do_incremental_pack (OtRepackData          *data,
                      GError               **error)
 {
   gboolean ret = FALSE;
-  GHashTable *objects = NULL;
   guint i;
-  GPtrArray *clusters = NULL;
-  GHashTable *loose_objects = NULL;
+  ot_lhash GHashTable *objects = NULL;
+  ot_lptrarray GPtrArray *clusters = NULL;
+  ot_lhash GHashTable *loose_objects = NULL;
 
   if (!ostree_repo_list_objects (data->repo, OSTREE_REPO_LIST_OBJECTS_ALL, &objects,
                                  cancellable, error))
@@ -850,12 +825,6 @@ do_incremental_pack (OtRepackData          *data,
 
   ret = TRUE;
  out:
-  if (clusters)
-    g_ptr_array_unref (clusters);
-  if (loose_objects)
-    g_hash_table_unref (loose_objects);
-  if (objects)
-    g_hash_table_unref (objects);
   return ret;
 }
 
@@ -864,9 +833,9 @@ ostree_builtin_pack (int argc, char **argv, GFile *repo_path, GError **error)
 {
   gboolean ret = FALSE;
   GOptionContext *context;
-  OtRepackData data;
-  OstreeRepo *repo = NULL;
   GCancellable *cancellable = NULL;
+  OtRepackData data;
+  ot_lobj OstreeRepo *repo = NULL;
 
   memset (&data, 0, sizeof (data));
 
@@ -913,6 +882,5 @@ ostree_builtin_pack (int argc, char **argv, GFile *repo_path, GError **error)
  out:
   if (context)
     g_option_context_free (context);
-  g_clear_object (&repo);
   return ret;
 }
diff --git a/src/ostree/ot-builtin-prune.c b/src/ostree/ot-builtin-prune.c
index 65a5f3ef..a307dee5 100644
--- a/src/ostree/ot-builtin-prune.c
+++ b/src/ostree/ot-builtin-prune.c
@@ -76,8 +76,8 @@ prune_loose_object (OtPruneData    *data,
                     GError         **error)
 {
   gboolean ret = FALSE;
-  GVariant *key = NULL;
-  GFile *objf = NULL;
+  ot_lvariant GVariant *key = NULL;
+  ot_lobj GFile *objf = NULL;
 
   key = ostree_object_name_serialize (checksum, objtype);
 
@@ -102,8 +102,6 @@ prune_loose_object (OtPruneData    *data,
 
   ret = TRUE;
  out:
-  g_clear_object (&objf);
-  ot_clear_gvariant (&key);
   return ret;
 }
 
@@ -112,13 +110,13 @@ ostree_builtin_prune (int argc, char **argv, GFile *repo_path, GError **error)
 {
   gboolean ret = FALSE;
   GOptionContext *context;
-  OtPruneData data;
-  GHashTable *objects = NULL;
-  OstreeRepo *repo = NULL;
-  GHashTable *all_refs = NULL;
   GHashTableIter hash_iter;
   gpointer key, value;
   GCancellable *cancellable = NULL;
+  ot_lhash GHashTable *objects = NULL;
+  ot_lobj OstreeRepo *repo = NULL;
+  ot_lhash GHashTable *all_refs = NULL;
+  OtPruneData data;
 
   memset (&data, 0, sizeof (data));
 
@@ -181,14 +179,9 @@ ostree_builtin_prune (int argc, char **argv, GFile *repo_path, GError **error)
 
   ret = TRUE;
  out:
-  if (all_refs)
-    g_hash_table_unref (all_refs);
   if (data.reachable)
     g_hash_table_unref (data.reachable);
   if (context)
     g_option_context_free (context);
-  g_clear_object (&repo);
-  if (objects)
-    g_hash_table_unref (objects);
   return ret;
 }
diff --git a/src/ostree/ot-builtin-remote.c b/src/ostree/ot-builtin-remote.c
index 8cb47e25..c078ab99 100644
--- a/src/ostree/ot-builtin-remote.c
+++ b/src/ostree/ot-builtin-remote.c
@@ -46,11 +46,11 @@ ostree_builtin_remote (int argc, char **argv, GFile *repo_path, GError **error)
 {
   GOptionContext *context;
   gboolean ret = FALSE;
-  OstreeRepo *repo = NULL;
   const char *op;
-  GKeyFile *config = NULL;
-  GPtrArray *branches = NULL;
   guint i;
+  ot_lobj OstreeRepo *repo = NULL;
+  ot_lptrarray GPtrArray *branches = NULL;
+  GKeyFile *config = NULL;
 
   context = g_option_context_new ("OPERATION [args] - Control remote repository configuration");
   g_option_context_add_main_entries (context, options, NULL);
@@ -104,11 +104,9 @@ ostree_builtin_remote (int argc, char **argv, GFile *repo_path, GError **error)
  
   ret = TRUE;
  out:
-  ot_clear_ptrarray (&branches);
   if (context)
     g_option_context_free (context);
   if (config)
     g_key_file_free (config);
-  g_clear_object (&repo);
   return ret;
 }
diff --git a/src/ostree/ot-builtin-rev-parse.c b/src/ostree/ot-builtin-rev-parse.c
index 84273863..f34f7442 100644
--- a/src/ostree/ot-builtin-rev-parse.c
+++ b/src/ostree/ot-builtin-rev-parse.c
@@ -36,12 +36,12 @@ ostree_builtin_rev_parse (int argc, char **argv, GFile *repo_path, GError **erro
 {
   GOptionContext *context;
   gboolean ret = FALSE;
-  OstreeRepo *repo = NULL;
   const char *rev = "master";
-  char *resolved_rev = NULL;
-  GVariant *variant = NULL;
-  char *formatted_variant = NULL;
   int i;
+  ot_lobj OstreeRepo *repo = NULL;
+  ot_lfree char *resolved_rev = NULL;
+  ot_lvariant GVariant *variant = NULL;
+  ot_lfree char *formatted_variant = NULL;
 
   context = g_option_context_new ("REV - Output the target of a rev");
   g_option_context_add_main_entries (context, options, NULL);
@@ -70,11 +70,7 @@ ostree_builtin_rev_parse (int argc, char **argv, GFile *repo_path, GError **erro
  
   ret = TRUE;
  out:
-  g_free (resolved_rev);
   if (context)
     g_option_context_free (context);
-  g_clear_object (&repo);
-  ot_clear_gvariant (&variant);
-  g_free (formatted_variant);
   return ret;
 }
diff --git a/src/ostree/ot-builtin-show.c b/src/ostree/ot-builtin-show.c
index c3c4685c..6711981f 100644
--- a/src/ostree/ot-builtin-show.c
+++ b/src/ostree/ot-builtin-show.c
@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@ static GOptionEntry options[] = {
 static void
 print_variant (GVariant *variant)
 {
-  char *formatted_variant = NULL;
-  GVariant *byteswapped = NULL;
+  ot_lfree char *formatted_variant = NULL;
+  ot_lvariant GVariant *byteswapped = NULL;
 
   if (G_BYTE_ORDER != G_BIG_ENDIAN)
     {
@@ -54,9 +54,6 @@ print_variant (GVariant *variant)
       formatted_variant = g_variant_print (variant, TRUE);
     }
   g_print ("%s\n", formatted_variant);
-
-  g_free (formatted_variant);
-  ot_clear_gvariant (&byteswapped);
 }
 
 static gboolean
@@ -65,8 +62,8 @@ do_print_variant_generic (const GVariantType *type,
                           GError **error)
 {
   gboolean ret = FALSE;
-  GFile *f = NULL;
-  GVariant *variant = NULL;
+  ot_lobj GFile *f = NULL;
+  ot_lvariant GVariant *variant = NULL;
 
   f = ot_gfile_new_for_path (filename);
 
@@ -77,8 +74,6 @@ do_print_variant_generic (const GVariantType *type,
 
   ret = TRUE;
  out:
-  ot_clear_gvariant (&variant);
-  g_clear_object (&f);
   return ret;
 }
 
@@ -89,12 +84,12 @@ show_repo_meta (OstreeRepo  *repo,
                 GError **error)
 {
   gboolean ret = FALSE;
-  GVariant *variant = NULL;
-  GFile *object_path = NULL;
-  GInputStream *in = NULL;
   char buf[8192];
   gsize bytes_read;
   OstreeObjectType objtype;
+  ot_lvariant GVariant *variant = NULL;
+  ot_lobj GFile *object_path = NULL;
+  ot_lobj GInputStream *in = NULL;
 
   for (objtype = OSTREE_OBJECT_TYPE_RAW_FILE; objtype <= OSTREE_OBJECT_TYPE_COMMIT; objtype++)
     {
@@ -139,9 +134,6 @@ show_repo_meta (OstreeRepo  *repo,
 
   ret = TRUE;
  out:
-  ot_clear_gvariant (&variant);
-  g_clear_object (&in);
-  g_clear_object (&object_path);
   return ret;
 }
 
@@ -152,13 +144,13 @@ do_print_compose (OstreeRepo  *repo,
                   GError **error)
 {
   gboolean ret = FALSE;
-  GVariant *variant = NULL;
-  GVariant *metadata = NULL;
-  GVariant *compose_contents = NULL;
-  GVariantIter *viter = NULL;
-  GHashTable *metadata_hash = NULL;
   const char *branch;
   const char *branchrev;
+  ot_lvariant GVariant *variant = NULL;
+  ot_lvariant GVariant *metadata = NULL;
+  ot_lvariant GVariant *compose_contents = NULL;
+  ot_lhash GHashTable *metadata_hash = NULL;
+  GVariantIter *viter = NULL;
 
   if (!ostree_repo_load_variant (repo, OSTREE_OBJECT_TYPE_COMMIT,
                                  resolved_rev, &variant, error))
@@ -184,12 +176,8 @@ do_print_compose (OstreeRepo  *repo,
 
   ret = TRUE;
  out:
-  ot_clear_gvariant (&variant);
   if (viter)
     g_variant_iter_free (viter);
-  ot_clear_gvariant (&metadata);
-  if (metadata_hash)
-    g_hash_table_destroy (metadata_hash);
   return ret;
 }
 
@@ -200,9 +188,9 @@ do_print_metadata_key (OstreeRepo  *repo,
                        GError **error)
 {
   gboolean ret = FALSE;
-  GVariant *commit = NULL;
-  GVariant *metadata = NULL;
   const char *value;
+  ot_lvariant GVariant *commit = NULL;
+  ot_lvariant GVariant *metadata = NULL;
 
   if (!ostree_repo_load_variant (repo, OSTREE_OBJECT_TYPE_COMMIT,
                                  resolved_rev, &commit, error))
@@ -218,8 +206,6 @@ do_print_metadata_key (OstreeRepo  *repo,
 
   ret = TRUE;
  out:
-  ot_clear_gvariant (&metadata);
-  ot_clear_gvariant (&commit);
   return ret;
 }
 
@@ -228,9 +214,9 @@ ostree_builtin_show (int argc, char **argv, GFile *repo_path, GError **error)
 {
   GOptionContext *context;
   gboolean ret = FALSE;
-  OstreeRepo *repo = NULL;
   const char *rev;
-  char *resolved_rev = NULL;
+  ot_lobj OstreeRepo *repo = NULL;
+  ot_lfree char *resolved_rev = NULL;
 
   context = g_option_context_new ("OBJECT - Output a metadata object");
   g_option_context_add_main_entries (context, options, NULL);
@@ -281,9 +267,7 @@ ostree_builtin_show (int argc, char **argv, GFile *repo_path, GError **error)
  
   ret = TRUE;
  out:
-  g_free (resolved_rev);
   if (context)
     g_option_context_free (context);
-  g_clear_object (&repo);
   return ret;
 }
diff --git a/src/ostree/ot-builtin-unpack.c b/src/ostree/ot-builtin-unpack.c
index eae4b04d..9f0efb0a 100644
--- a/src/ostree/ot-builtin-unpack.c
+++ b/src/ostree/ot-builtin-unpack.c
@@ -47,10 +47,10 @@ gather_packed (OtUnpackData  *data,
                GError       **error)
 {
   gboolean ret = FALSE;
-  GHashTable *ret_packed = NULL;
-  GHashTableIter hash_iter;
   gpointer key, value;
-  GVariant *pack_array = NULL;
+  GHashTableIter hash_iter;
+  ot_lhash GHashTable *ret_packed = NULL;
+  ot_lvariant GVariant *pack_array = NULL;
 
   ret_packed = g_hash_table_new_full (ostree_hash_object_name, g_variant_equal,
                                       (GDestroyNotify) g_variant_unref,
@@ -86,9 +86,6 @@ gather_packed (OtUnpackData  *data,
   ret = TRUE;
   ot_transfer_out_value (out_packed, &ret_packed);
  /* out: */
-  ot_clear_gvariant (&pack_array);
-  if (ret_packed)
-    g_hash_table_unref (ret_packed);
   return ret;
 }
 
@@ -100,11 +97,11 @@ unpack_one_object (OstreeRepo        *repo,
                    GError           **error)
 {
   gboolean ret = FALSE;
-  GInputStream *input = NULL;
-  GFileInfo *file_info = NULL;
-  GVariant *xattrs = NULL;
-  GVariant *meta = NULL;
-  GVariant *serialized_meta = NULL;
+  ot_lobj GInputStream *input = NULL;
+  ot_lobj GFileInfo *file_info = NULL;
+  ot_lvariant GVariant *xattrs = NULL;
+  ot_lvariant GVariant *meta = NULL;
+  ot_lvariant GVariant *serialized_meta = NULL;
 
   g_assert (objtype != OSTREE_OBJECT_TYPE_RAW_FILE);
 
@@ -141,11 +138,6 @@ unpack_one_object (OstreeRepo        *repo,
 
   ret = TRUE;
  out:
-  g_clear_object (&input);
-  g_clear_object (&file_info);
-  ot_clear_gvariant (&xattrs);
-  ot_clear_gvariant (&meta);
-  ot_clear_gvariant (&serialized_meta);
   return ret;
 }
 
@@ -156,8 +148,8 @@ delete_one_packfile (OstreeRepo        *repo,
                      GError           **error)
 {
   gboolean ret = FALSE;
-  GFile *data_path = NULL;
-  GFile *index_path = NULL;
+  ot_lobj GFile *data_path = NULL;
+  ot_lobj GFile *index_path = NULL;
 
   index_path = ostree_repo_get_pack_index_path (repo, pack_checksum);
   data_path = ostree_repo_get_pack_data_path (repo, pack_checksum);
@@ -175,8 +167,6 @@ delete_one_packfile (OstreeRepo        *repo,
 
   ret = TRUE;
  out:
-  g_clear_object (&index_path);
-  g_clear_object (&data_path);
   return ret;
 }
 
@@ -185,18 +175,18 @@ ostree_builtin_unpack (int argc, char **argv, GFile *repo_path, GError **error)
 {
   gboolean ret = FALSE;
   GOptionContext *context;
+  GCancellable *cancellable = NULL;
   gboolean in_transaction = FALSE;
   OtUnpackData data;
-  OstreeRepo *repo = NULL;
-  GHashTable *objects = NULL;
-  GCancellable *cancellable = NULL;
-  GPtrArray *clusters = NULL;
-  GHashTable *packed_objects = NULL;
-  GHashTableIter hash_iter;
-  GHashTable *packfiles_to_delete = NULL;
   gpointer key, value;
-  GFile *objpath = NULL;
   guint64 unpacked_object_count = 0;
+  GHashTableIter hash_iter;
+  ot_lobj OstreeRepo *repo = NULL;
+  ot_lhash GHashTable *objects = NULL;
+  ot_lptrarray GPtrArray *clusters = NULL;
+  ot_lhash GHashTable *packed_objects = NULL;
+  ot_lhash GHashTable *packfiles_to_delete = NULL;
+  ot_lobj GFile *objpath = NULL;
 
   memset (&data, 0, sizeof (data));
 
@@ -289,17 +279,7 @@ ostree_builtin_unpack (int argc, char **argv, GFile *repo_path, GError **error)
  out:
   if (in_transaction)
     (void) ostree_repo_abort_transaction (repo, cancellable, NULL);
-  g_clear_object (&objpath);
   if (context)
     g_option_context_free (context);
-  g_clear_object (&repo);
-  if (clusters)
-    g_ptr_array_unref (clusters);
-  if (packfiles_to_delete)
-    g_hash_table_unref (packfiles_to_delete);
-  if (packed_objects)
-    g_hash_table_unref (packed_objects);
-  if (objects)
-    g_hash_table_unref (objects);
   return ret;
 }