diff --git a/xtask/src/lib.rs b/xtask/src/lib.rs
index 4050f9d019b..cebb14abcf6 100644
--- a/xtask/src/lib.rs
+++ b/xtask/src/lib.rs
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ use std::{
 
 use crate::{
     codegen::Mode,
-    not_bash::{pushd, run},
+    not_bash::{fs2, pushd, run},
 };
 
 pub use anyhow::Result;
@@ -167,11 +167,11 @@ pub fn run_release(dry_run: bool) -> Result<()> {
     }
 
     let website_root = project_root().join("../rust-analyzer.github.io");
-    let changelog_dir = website_root.join("/thisweek/_posts");
+    let changelog_dir = website_root.join("./thisweek/_posts");
 
     let today = run!("date --iso")?;
     let commit = run!("git rev-parse HEAD")?;
-    let changelog_n = fs::read_dir(changelog_dir.as_path())?.count();
+    let changelog_n = fs2::read_dir(changelog_dir.as_path())?.count();
 
     let contents = format!(
         "\
@@ -194,9 +194,9 @@ Release: release:{}[]
     );
 
     let path = changelog_dir.join(format!("{}-changelog-{}.adoc", today, changelog_n));
-    fs::write(&path, &contents)?;
+    fs2::write(&path, &contents)?;
 
-    fs::copy(project_root().join("./docs/user/readme.adoc"), website_root.join("manual.adoc"))?;
+    fs2::copy(project_root().join("./docs/user/readme.adoc"), website_root.join("manual.adoc"))?;
 
     Ok(())
 }
diff --git a/xtask/src/not_bash.rs b/xtask/src/not_bash.rs
index 56d6c6c2d83..027571b62c7 100644
--- a/xtask/src/not_bash.rs
+++ b/xtask/src/not_bash.rs
@@ -10,6 +10,29 @@ use std::{
 
 use anyhow::{bail, Context, Result};
 
+pub mod fs2 {
+    use std::{fs, path::Path};
+
+    use anyhow::{Context, Result};
+
+    pub fn read_dir<P: AsRef<Path>>(path: P) -> Result<fs::ReadDir> {
+        let path = path.as_ref();
+        fs::read_dir(path).with_context(|| format!("Failed to read {}", path.display()))
+    }
+
+    pub fn write<P: AsRef<Path>, C: AsRef<[u8]>>(path: P, contents: C) -> Result<()> {
+        let path = path.as_ref();
+        fs::write(path, contents).with_context(|| format!("Failed to write {}", path.display()))
+    }
+
+    pub fn copy<P: AsRef<Path>, Q: AsRef<Path>>(from: P, to: Q) -> Result<u64> {
+        let from = from.as_ref();
+        let to = to.as_ref();
+        fs::copy(from, to)
+            .with_context(|| format!("Failed to copy {} to {}", from.display(), to.display()))
+    }
+}
+
 macro_rules! _run {
     ($($expr:expr),*) => {
         run!($($expr),*; echo = true)