diff --git a/git-svnimport.perl b/git-svnimport.perl
index 988514e293..4ae0eecd37 100755
--- a/git-svnimport.perl
+++ b/git-svnimport.perl
@@ -193,6 +193,13 @@ sub ignore {
 	}
 }
 
+sub dir_list {
+	my($self,$path,$rev) = @_;
+	my ($dirents,undef,$properties)
+	    = $self->{'svn'}->get_dir($path,$rev,undef);
+	return $dirents;
+}
+
 package main;
 use URI;
 
@@ -342,35 +349,16 @@ if ($opt_A) {
 
 open BRANCHES,">>", "$git_dir/svn2git";
 
-sub node_kind($$$) {
-	my ($branch, $path, $revision) = @_;
+sub node_kind($$) {
+	my ($svnpath, $revision) = @_;
 	my $pool=SVN::Pool->new;
-	my $kind = $svn->{'svn'}->check_path(revert_split_path($branch,$path),$revision,$pool);
+	my $kind = $svn->{'svn'}->check_path($svnpath,$revision,$pool);
 	$pool->clear;
 	return $kind;
 }
 
-sub revert_split_path($$) {
-	my($branch,$path) = @_;
-
-	my $svnpath;
-	$path = "" if $path eq "/"; # this should not happen, but ...
-	if($branch eq "/") {
-		$svnpath = "$trunk_name/$path";
-	} elsif($branch =~ m#^/#) {
-		$svnpath = "$tag_name$branch/$path";
-	} else {
-		$svnpath = "$branch_name/$branch/$path";
-	}
-
-	$svnpath =~ s#/+$##;
-	return $svnpath;
-}
-
 sub get_file($$$) {
-	my($rev,$branch,$path) = @_;
-
-	my $svnpath = revert_split_path($branch,$path);
+	my($svnpath,$rev,$path) = @_;
 
 	# now get it
 	my ($name,$mode);
@@ -413,10 +401,9 @@ sub get_file($$$) {
 }
 
 sub get_ignore($$$$$) {
-	my($new,$old,$rev,$branch,$path) = @_;
+	my($new,$old,$rev,$path,$svnpath) = @_;
 
 	return unless $opt_I;
-	my $svnpath = revert_split_path($branch,$path);
 	my $name = $svn->ignore("$svnpath",$rev);
 	if ($path eq '/') {
 		$path = $opt_I;
@@ -435,7 +422,7 @@ sub get_ignore($$$$$) {
 		close $F;
 		unlink $name;
 		push(@$new,['0644',$sha,$path]);
-	} else {
+	} elsif (defined $old) {
 		push(@$old,$path);
 	}
 }
@@ -480,6 +467,27 @@ sub branch_rev($$) {
 	return $therev;
 }
 
+sub expand_svndir($$$);
+
+sub expand_svndir($$$)
+{
+	my ($svnpath, $rev, $path) = @_;
+	my @list;
+	get_ignore(\@list, undef, $rev, $path, $svnpath);
+	my $dirents = $svn->dir_list($svnpath, $rev);
+	foreach my $p(keys %$dirents) {
+		my $kind = node_kind($svnpath.'/'.$p, $rev);
+		if ($kind eq $SVN::Node::file) {
+			my $f = get_file($svnpath.'/'.$p, $rev, $path.'/'.$p);
+			push(@list, $f) if $f;
+		} elsif ($kind eq $SVN::Node::dir) {
+			push(@list,
+			     expand_svndir($svnpath.'/'.$p, $rev, $path.'/'.$p));
+		}
+	}
+	return @list;
+}
+
 sub copy_path($$$$$$$$) {
 	# Somebody copied a whole subdirectory.
 	# We need to find the index entries from the old version which the
@@ -488,8 +496,11 @@ sub copy_path($$$$$$$$) {
 	my($newrev,$newbranch,$path,$oldpath,$rev,$node_kind,$new,$parents) = @_;
 
 	my($srcbranch,$srcpath) = split_path($rev,$oldpath);
-	unless(defined $srcbranch) {
-		print "Path not found when copying from $oldpath @ $rev\n";
+	unless(defined $srcbranch && defined $srcpath) {
+		print "Path not found when copying from $oldpath @ $rev.\n".
+			"Will try to copy from original SVN location...\n"
+			if $opt_v;
+		push (@$new, expand_svndir($oldpath, $rev, $path));
 		return;
 	}
 	my $therev = branch_rev($srcbranch, $rev);
@@ -503,7 +514,7 @@ sub copy_path($$$$$$$$) {
 	}
 	print "$newrev:$newbranch:$path: copying from $srcbranch:$srcpath @ $rev\n" if $opt_v;
 	if ($node_kind eq $SVN::Node::dir) {
-			$srcpath =~ s#/*$#/#;
+		$srcpath =~ s#/*$#/#;
 	}
 	
 	my $pid = open my $f,'-|';
@@ -582,10 +593,12 @@ sub commit {
 		if(defined $oldpath) {
 			my $p;
 			($parent,$p) = split_path($revision,$oldpath);
-			if($parent eq "/") {
-				$parent = $opt_o;
-			} else {
-				$parent =~ s#^/##; # if it's a tag
+			if(defined $parent) {
+				if($parent eq "/") {
+					$parent = $opt_o;
+				} else {
+					$parent =~ s#^/##; # if it's a tag
+				}
 			}
 		} else {
 			$parent = undef;
@@ -651,9 +664,10 @@ sub commit {
 				push(@old,$path); # remove any old stuff
 			}
 			if(($action->[0] eq "A") || ($action->[0] eq "R")) {
-				my $node_kind = node_kind($branch,$path,$revision);
+				my $node_kind = node_kind($action->[3], $revision);
 				if ($node_kind eq $SVN::Node::file) {
-					my $f = get_file($revision,$branch,$path);
+					my $f = get_file($action->[3],
+							 $revision, $path);
 					if ($f) {
 						push(@new,$f) if $f;
 					} else {
@@ -668,19 +682,20 @@ sub commit {
 							  \@new, \@parents);
 					} else {
 						get_ignore(\@new, \@old, $revision,
-							   $branch, $path);
+							   $path, $action->[3]);
 					}
 				}
 			} elsif ($action->[0] eq "D") {
 				push(@old,$path);
 			} elsif ($action->[0] eq "M") {
-				my $node_kind = node_kind($branch,$path,$revision);
+				my $node_kind = node_kind($action->[3], $revision);
 				if ($node_kind eq $SVN::Node::file) {
-					my $f = get_file($revision,$branch,$path);
+					my $f = get_file($action->[3],
+							 $revision, $path);
 					push(@new,$f) if $f;
 				} elsif ($node_kind eq $SVN::Node::dir) {
 					get_ignore(\@new, \@old, $revision,
-						   $branch,$path);
+						   $path, $action->[3]);
 				}
 			} else {
 				die "$revision: unknown action '".$action->[0]."' for $path\n";