1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/git-svn.perl b/git-svn.perl
index fa42364785..aa242d4f4f 100755
--- a/git-svn.perl
+++ b/git-svn.perl
@@ -1175,10 +1175,10 @@ sub cmd_branch {
 	::_req_svn();
 	require SVN::Client;
 
+	my ($config, $baton, undef) = Git::SVN::Ra::prepare_config_once();
 	my $ctx = SVN::Client->new(
-		config => SVN::Core::config_get_config(
-			$Git::SVN::Ra::config_dir
-		),
+		auth => $baton,
+		config => $config,
 		log_msg => sub {
 			${ $_[0] } = defined $_message
 				? $_message
@@ -1865,6 +1865,7 @@ sub get_commit_entry {
 			}
 		}
 		$msgbuf =~ s/\s+$//s;
+		$msgbuf =~ s/\r\n/\n/sg; # SVN 1.6+ disallows CRLF
 		if ($Git::SVN::_add_author_from && defined($author)
 		    && !$saw_from) {
 			$msgbuf .= "\n\nFrom: $author";