diff --git a/git-svn.perl b/git-svn.perl
index aa14d459f2..24c0af2e3a 100755
--- a/git-svn.perl
+++ b/git-svn.perl
@@ -67,7 +67,6 @@ sub _req_svn {
 	}
 }
 my $can_compress = eval { require Compress::Zlib; 1};
-push @Git::SVN::Ra::ISA, 'SVN::Ra';
 use Carp qw/croak/;
 use Digest::MD5;
 use IO::File qw//;
@@ -80,6 +79,7 @@ use IPC::Open3;
 use Git;
 use Git::SVN::Editor qw//;
 use Git::SVN::Fetcher qw//;
+use Git::SVN::Ra qw//;
 use Git::SVN::Prompt qw//;
 use Memoize;  # core since 5.8.0, Jul 2002
 
@@ -4326,616 +4326,6 @@ sub remove_username {
 	$_[0] =~ s{^([^:]*://)[^@]+@}{$1};
 }
 
-package Git::SVN::Ra;
-use vars qw/@ISA $config_dir $_ignore_refs_regex $_log_window_size/;
-use strict;
-use warnings;
-my ($ra_invalid, $can_do_switch, %ignored_err, $RA);
-
-BEGIN {
-	# enforce temporary pool usage for some simple functions
-	no strict 'refs';
-	for my $f (qw/rev_proplist get_latest_revnum get_uuid get_repos_root
-	              get_file/) {
-		my $SUPER = "SUPER::$f";
-		*$f = sub {
-			my $self = shift;
-			my $pool = SVN::Pool->new;
-			my @ret = $self->$SUPER(@_,$pool);
-			$pool->clear;
-			wantarray ? @ret : $ret[0];
-		};
-	}
-}
-
-sub _auth_providers () {
-	my @rv = (
-	  SVN::Client::get_simple_provider(),
-	  SVN::Client::get_ssl_server_trust_file_provider(),
-	  SVN::Client::get_simple_prompt_provider(
-	    \&Git::SVN::Prompt::simple, 2),
-	  SVN::Client::get_ssl_client_cert_file_provider(),
-	  SVN::Client::get_ssl_client_cert_prompt_provider(
-	    \&Git::SVN::Prompt::ssl_client_cert, 2),
-	  SVN::Client::get_ssl_client_cert_pw_file_provider(),
-	  SVN::Client::get_ssl_client_cert_pw_prompt_provider(
-	    \&Git::SVN::Prompt::ssl_client_cert_pw, 2),
-	  SVN::Client::get_username_provider(),
-	  SVN::Client::get_ssl_server_trust_prompt_provider(
-	    \&Git::SVN::Prompt::ssl_server_trust),
-	  SVN::Client::get_username_prompt_provider(
-	    \&Git::SVN::Prompt::username, 2)
-	);
-
-	# earlier 1.6.x versions would segfault, and <= 1.5.x didn't have
-	# this function
-	if (::compare_svn_version('1.6.15') >= 0) {
-		my $config = SVN::Core::config_get_config($config_dir);
-		my ($p, @a);
-		# config_get_config returns all config files from
-		# ~/.subversion, auth_get_platform_specific_client_providers
-		# just wants the config "file".
-		@a = ($config->{'config'}, undef);
-		$p = SVN::Core::auth_get_platform_specific_client_providers(@a);
-		# Insert the return value from
-		# auth_get_platform_specific_providers
-		unshift @rv, @$p;
-	}
-	\@rv;
-}
-
-sub escape_uri_only {
-	my ($uri) = @_;
-	my @tmp;
-	foreach (split m{/}, $uri) {
-		s/([^~\w.%+-]|%(?![a-fA-F0-9]{2}))/sprintf("%%%02X",ord($1))/eg;
-		push @tmp, $_;
-	}
-	join('/', @tmp);
-}
-
-sub escape_url {
-	my ($url) = @_;
-	if ($url =~ m#^(https?)://([^/]+)(.*)$#) {
-		my ($scheme, $domain, $uri) = ($1, $2, escape_uri_only($3));
-		$url = "$scheme://$domain$uri";
-	}
-	$url;
-}
-
-sub new {
-	my ($class, $url) = @_;
-	$url =~ s!/+$!!;
-	return $RA if ($RA && $RA->{url} eq $url);
-
-	::_req_svn();
-
-	SVN::_Core::svn_config_ensure($config_dir, undef);
-	my ($baton, $callbacks) = SVN::Core::auth_open_helper(_auth_providers);
-	my $config = SVN::Core::config_get_config($config_dir);
-	$RA = undef;
-	my $dont_store_passwords = 1;
-	my $conf_t = ${$config}{'config'};
-	{
-		no warnings 'once';
-		# The usage of $SVN::_Core::SVN_CONFIG_* variables
-		# produces warnings that variables are used only once.
-		# I had not found the better way to shut them up, so
-		# the warnings of type 'once' are disabled in this block.
-		if (SVN::_Core::svn_config_get_bool($conf_t,
-		    $SVN::_Core::SVN_CONFIG_SECTION_AUTH,
-		    $SVN::_Core::SVN_CONFIG_OPTION_STORE_PASSWORDS,
-		    1) == 0) {
-			SVN::_Core::svn_auth_set_parameter($baton,
-			    $SVN::_Core::SVN_AUTH_PARAM_DONT_STORE_PASSWORDS,
-			    bless (\$dont_store_passwords, "_p_void"));
-		}
-		if (SVN::_Core::svn_config_get_bool($conf_t,
-		    $SVN::_Core::SVN_CONFIG_SECTION_AUTH,
-		    $SVN::_Core::SVN_CONFIG_OPTION_STORE_AUTH_CREDS,
-		    1) == 0) {
-			$Git::SVN::Prompt::_no_auth_cache = 1;
-		}
-	} # no warnings 'once'
-	my $self = SVN::Ra->new(url => escape_url($url), auth => $baton,
-	                      config => $config,
-			      pool => SVN::Pool->new,
-	                      auth_provider_callbacks => $callbacks);
-	$self->{url} = $url;
-	$self->{svn_path} = $url;
-	$self->{repos_root} = $self->get_repos_root;
-	$self->{svn_path} =~ s#^\Q$self->{repos_root}\E(/|$)##;
-	$self->{cache} = { check_path => { r => 0, data => {} },
-	                   get_dir => { r => 0, data => {} } };
-	$RA = bless $self, $class;
-}
-
-sub check_path {
-	my ($self, $path, $r) = @_;
-	my $cache = $self->{cache}->{check_path};
-	if ($r == $cache->{r} && exists $cache->{data}->{$path}) {
-		return $cache->{data}->{$path};
-	}
-	my $pool = SVN::Pool->new;
-	my $t = $self->SUPER::check_path($path, $r, $pool);
-	$pool->clear;
-	if ($r != $cache->{r}) {
-		%{$cache->{data}} = ();
-		$cache->{r} = $r;
-	}
-	$cache->{data}->{$path} = $t;
-}
-
-sub get_dir {
-	my ($self, $dir, $r) = @_;
-	my $cache = $self->{cache}->{get_dir};
-	if ($r == $cache->{r}) {
-		if (my $x = $cache->{data}->{$dir}) {
-			return wantarray ? @$x : $x->[0];
-		}
-	}
-	my $pool = SVN::Pool->new;
-	my ($d, undef, $props) = $self->SUPER::get_dir($dir, $r, $pool);
-	my %dirents = map { $_ => { kind => $d->{$_}->kind } } keys %$d;
-	$pool->clear;
-	if ($r != $cache->{r}) {
-		%{$cache->{data}} = ();
-		$cache->{r} = $r;
-	}
-	$cache->{data}->{$dir} = [ \%dirents, $r, $props ];
-	wantarray ? (\%dirents, $r, $props) : \%dirents;
-}
-
-sub DESTROY {
-	# do not call the real DESTROY since we store ourselves in $RA
-}
-
-# get_log(paths, start, end, limit,
-#         discover_changed_paths, strict_node_history, receiver)
-sub get_log {
-	my ($self, @args) = @_;
-	my $pool = SVN::Pool->new;
-
-	# svn_log_changed_path_t objects passed to get_log are likely to be
-	# overwritten even if only the refs are copied to an external variable,
-	# so we should dup the structures in their entirety.  Using an
-	# externally passed pool (instead of our temporary and quickly cleared
-	# pool in Git::SVN::Ra) does not help matters at all...
-	my $receiver = pop @args;
-	my $prefix = "/".$self->{svn_path};
-	$prefix =~ s#/+($)##;
-	my $prefix_regex = qr#^\Q$prefix\E#;
-	push(@args, sub {
-		my ($paths) = $_[0];
-		return &$receiver(@_) unless $paths;
-		$_[0] = ();
-		foreach my $p (keys %$paths) {
-			my $i = $paths->{$p};
-			# Make path relative to our url, not repos_root
-			$p =~ s/$prefix_regex//;
-			my %s = map { $_ => $i->$_; }
-				qw/copyfrom_path copyfrom_rev action/;
-			if ($s{'copyfrom_path'}) {
-				$s{'copyfrom_path'} =~ s/$prefix_regex//;
-			}
-			$_[0]{$p} = \%s;
-		}
-		&$receiver(@_);
-	});
-
-
-	# the limit parameter was not supported in SVN 1.1.x, so we
-	# drop it.  Therefore, the receiver callback passed to it
-	# is made aware of this limitation by being wrapped if
-	# the limit passed to is being wrapped.
-	if (::compare_svn_version('1.2.0') <= 0) {
-		my $limit = splice(@args, 3, 1);
-		if ($limit > 0) {
-			my $receiver = pop @args;
-			push(@args, sub { &$receiver(@_) if (--$limit >= 0) });
-		}
-	}
-	my $ret = $self->SUPER::get_log(@args, $pool);
-	$pool->clear;
-	$ret;
-}
-
-sub trees_match {
-	my ($self, $url1, $rev1, $url2, $rev2) = @_;
-	my $ctx = SVN::Client->new(auth => _auth_providers);
-	my $out = IO::File->new_tmpfile;
-
-	# older SVN (1.1.x) doesn't take $pool as the last parameter for
-	# $ctx->diff(), so we'll create a default one
-	my $pool = SVN::Pool->new_default_sub;
-
-	$ra_invalid = 1; # this will open a new SVN::Ra connection to $url1
-	$ctx->diff([], $url1, $rev1, $url2, $rev2, 1, 1, 0, $out, $out);
-	$out->flush;
-	my $ret = (($out->stat)[7] == 0);
-	close $out or croak $!;
-
-	$ret;
-}
-
-sub get_commit_editor {
-	my ($self, $log, $cb, $pool) = @_;
-
-	my @lock = (::compare_svn_version('1.2.0') >= 0) ? (undef, 0) : ();
-	$self->SUPER::get_commit_editor($log, $cb, @lock, $pool);
-}
-
-sub gs_do_update {
-	my ($self, $rev_a, $rev_b, $gs, $editor) = @_;
-	my $new = ($rev_a == $rev_b);
-	my $path = $gs->{path};
-
-	if ($new && -e $gs->{index}) {
-		unlink $gs->{index} or die
-		  "Couldn't unlink index: $gs->{index}: $!\n";
-	}
-	my $pool = SVN::Pool->new;
-	$editor->set_path_strip($path);
-	my (@pc) = split m#/#, $path;
-	my $reporter = $self->do_update($rev_b, (@pc ? shift @pc : ''),
-	                                1, $editor, $pool);
-	my @lock = (::compare_svn_version('1.2.0') >= 0) ? (undef) : ();
-
-	# Since we can't rely on svn_ra_reparent being available, we'll
-	# just have to do some magic with set_path to make it so
-	# we only want a partial path.
-	my $sp = '';
-	my $final = join('/', @pc);
-	while (@pc) {
-		$reporter->set_path($sp, $rev_b, 0, @lock, $pool);
-		$sp .= '/' if length $sp;
-		$sp .= shift @pc;
-	}
-	die "BUG: '$sp' != '$final'\n" if ($sp ne $final);
-
-	$reporter->set_path($sp, $rev_a, $new, @lock, $pool);
-
-	$reporter->finish_report($pool);
-	$pool->clear;
-	$editor->{git_commit_ok};
-}
-
-# this requires SVN 1.4.3 or later (do_switch didn't work before 1.4.3, and
-# svn_ra_reparent didn't work before 1.4)
-sub gs_do_switch {
-	my ($self, $rev_a, $rev_b, $gs, $url_b, $editor) = @_;
-	my $path = $gs->{path};
-	my $pool = SVN::Pool->new;
-
-	my $full_url = $self->{url};
-	my $old_url = $full_url;
-	$full_url .= '/' . $path if length $path;
-	my ($ra, $reparented);
-
-	if ($old_url =~ m#^svn(\+ssh)?://# ||
-	    ($full_url =~ m#^https?://# &&
-	     escape_url($full_url) ne $full_url)) {
-		$_[0] = undef;
-		$self = undef;
-		$RA = undef;
-		$ra = Git::SVN::Ra->new($full_url);
-		$ra_invalid = 1;
-	} elsif ($old_url ne $full_url) {
-		SVN::_Ra::svn_ra_reparent($self->{session}, $full_url, $pool);
-		$self->{url} = $full_url;
-		$reparented = 1;
-	}
-
-	$ra ||= $self;
-	$url_b = escape_url($url_b);
-	my $reporter = $ra->do_switch($rev_b, '', 1, $url_b, $editor, $pool);
-	my @lock = (::compare_svn_version('1.2.0') >= 0) ? (undef) : ();
-	$reporter->set_path('', $rev_a, 0, @lock, $pool);
-	$reporter->finish_report($pool);
-
-	if ($reparented) {
-		SVN::_Ra::svn_ra_reparent($self->{session}, $old_url, $pool);
-		$self->{url} = $old_url;
-	}
-
-	$pool->clear;
-	$editor->{git_commit_ok};
-}
-
-sub longest_common_path {
-	my ($gsv, $globs) = @_;
-	my %common;
-	my $common_max = scalar @$gsv;
-
-	foreach my $gs (@$gsv) {
-		my @tmp = split m#/#, $gs->{path};
-		my $p = '';
-		foreach (@tmp) {
-			$p .= length($p) ? "/$_" : $_;
-			$common{$p} ||= 0;
-			$common{$p}++;
-		}
-	}
-	$globs ||= [];
-	$common_max += scalar @$globs;
-	foreach my $glob (@$globs) {
-		my @tmp = split m#/#, $glob->{path}->{left};
-		my $p = '';
-		foreach (@tmp) {
-			$p .= length($p) ? "/$_" : $_;
-			$common{$p} ||= 0;
-			$common{$p}++;
-		}
-	}
-
-	my $longest_path = '';
-	foreach (sort {length $b <=> length $a} keys %common) {
-		if ($common{$_} == $common_max) {
-			$longest_path = $_;
-			last;
-		}
-	}
-	$longest_path;
-}
-
-sub gs_fetch_loop_common {
-	my ($self, $base, $head, $gsv, $globs) = @_;
-	return if ($base > $head);
-	my $inc = $_log_window_size;
-	my ($min, $max) = ($base, $head < $base + $inc ? $head : $base + $inc);
-	my $longest_path = longest_common_path($gsv, $globs);
-	my $ra_url = $self->{url};
-	my $find_trailing_edge;
-	while (1) {
-		my %revs;
-		my $err;
-		my $err_handler = $SVN::Error::handler;
-		$SVN::Error::handler = sub {
-			($err) = @_;
-			skip_unknown_revs($err);
-		};
-		sub _cb {
-			my ($paths, $r, $author, $date, $log) = @_;
-			[ $paths,
-			  { author => $author, date => $date, log => $log } ];
-		}
-		$self->get_log([$longest_path], $min, $max, 0, 1, 1,
-		               sub { $revs{$_[1]} = _cb(@_) });
-		if ($err) {
-			print "Checked through r$max\r";
-		} else {
-			$find_trailing_edge = 1;
-		}
-		if ($err and $find_trailing_edge) {
-			print STDERR "Path '$longest_path' ",
-				     "was probably deleted:\n",
-				     $err->expanded_message,
-				     "\nWill attempt to follow ",
-				     "revisions r$min .. r$max ",
-				     "committed before the deletion\n";
-			my $hi = $max;
-			while (--$hi >= $min) {
-				my $ok;
-				$self->get_log([$longest_path], $min, $hi,
-				               0, 1, 1, sub {
-				               $ok = $_[1];
-				               $revs{$_[1]} = _cb(@_) });
-				if ($ok) {
-					print STDERR "r$min .. r$ok OK\n";
-					last;
-				}
-			}
-			$find_trailing_edge = 0;
-		}
-		$SVN::Error::handler = $err_handler;
-
-		my %exists = map { $_->{path} => $_ } @$gsv;
-		foreach my $r (sort {$a <=> $b} keys %revs) {
-			my ($paths, $logged) = @{$revs{$r}};
-
-			foreach my $gs ($self->match_globs(\%exists, $paths,
-			                                   $globs, $r)) {
-				if ($gs->rev_map_max >= $r) {
-					next;
-				}
-				next unless $gs->match_paths($paths, $r);
-				$gs->{logged_rev_props} = $logged;
-				if (my $last_commit = $gs->last_commit) {
-					$gs->assert_index_clean($last_commit);
-				}
-				my $log_entry = $gs->do_fetch($paths, $r);
-				if ($log_entry) {
-					$gs->do_git_commit($log_entry);
-				}
-				$INDEX_FILES{$gs->{index}} = 1;
-			}
-			foreach my $g (@$globs) {
-				my $k = "svn-remote.$g->{remote}." .
-				        "$g->{t}-maxRev";
-				Git::SVN::tmp_config($k, $r);
-			}
-			if ($ra_invalid) {
-				$_[0] = undef;
-				$self = undef;
-				$RA = undef;
-				$self = Git::SVN::Ra->new($ra_url);
-				$ra_invalid = undef;
-			}
-		}
-		# pre-fill the .rev_db since it'll eventually get filled in
-		# with '0' x40 if something new gets committed
-		foreach my $gs (@$gsv) {
-			next if $gs->rev_map_max >= $max;
-			next if defined $gs->rev_map_get($max);
-			$gs->rev_map_set($max, 0 x40);
-		}
-		foreach my $g (@$globs) {
-			my $k = "svn-remote.$g->{remote}.$g->{t}-maxRev";
-			Git::SVN::tmp_config($k, $max);
-		}
-		last if $max >= $head;
-		$min = $max + 1;
-		$max += $inc;
-		$max = $head if ($max > $head);
-	}
-	Git::SVN::gc();
-}
-
-sub get_dir_globbed {
-	my ($self, $left, $depth, $r) = @_;
-
-	my @x = eval { $self->get_dir($left, $r) };
-	return unless scalar @x == 3;
-	my $dirents = $x[0];
-	my @finalents;
-	foreach my $de (keys %$dirents) {
-		next if $dirents->{$de}->{kind} != $SVN::Node::dir;
-		if ($depth > 1) {
-			my @args = ("$left/$de", $depth - 1, $r);
-			foreach my $dir ($self->get_dir_globbed(@args)) {
-				push @finalents, "$de/$dir";
-			}
-		} else {
-			push @finalents, $de;
-		}
-	}
-	@finalents;
-}
-
-# return value: 0 -- don't ignore, 1 -- ignore
-sub is_ref_ignored {
-	my ($g, $p) = @_;
-	my $refname = $g->{ref}->full_path($p);
-	return 1 if defined($g->{ignore_refs_regex}) &&
-	            $refname =~ m!$g->{ignore_refs_regex}!;
-	return 0 unless defined($_ignore_refs_regex);
-	return 1 if $refname =~ m!$_ignore_refs_regex!o;
-	return 0;
-}
-
-sub match_globs {
-	my ($self, $exists, $paths, $globs, $r) = @_;
-
-	sub get_dir_check {
-		my ($self, $exists, $g, $r) = @_;
-
-		my @dirs = $self->get_dir_globbed($g->{path}->{left},
-		                                  $g->{path}->{depth},
-		                                  $r);
-
-		foreach my $de (@dirs) {
-			my $p = $g->{path}->full_path($de);
-			next if $exists->{$p};
-			next if (length $g->{path}->{right} &&
-				 ($self->check_path($p, $r) !=
-				  $SVN::Node::dir));
-			next unless $p =~ /$g->{path}->{regex}/;
-			$exists->{$p} = Git::SVN->init($self->{url}, $p, undef,
-					 $g->{ref}->full_path($de), 1);
-		}
-	}
-	foreach my $g (@$globs) {
-		if (my $path = $paths->{"/$g->{path}->{left}"}) {
-			if ($path->{action} =~ /^[AR]$/) {
-				get_dir_check($self, $exists, $g, $r);
-			}
-		}
-		foreach (keys %$paths) {
-			if (/$g->{path}->{left_regex}/ &&
-			    !/$g->{path}->{regex}/) {
-				next if $paths->{$_}->{action} !~ /^[AR]$/;
-				get_dir_check($self, $exists, $g, $r);
-			}
-			next unless /$g->{path}->{regex}/;
-			my $p = $1;
-			my $pathname = $g->{path}->full_path($p);
-			next if is_ref_ignored($g, $p);
-			next if $exists->{$pathname};
-			next if ($self->check_path($pathname, $r) !=
-			         $SVN::Node::dir);
-			$exists->{$pathname} = Git::SVN->init(
-			                      $self->{url}, $pathname, undef,
-			                      $g->{ref}->full_path($p), 1);
-		}
-		my $c = '';
-		foreach (split m#/#, $g->{path}->{left}) {
-			$c .= "/$_";
-			next unless ($paths->{$c} &&
-			             ($paths->{$c}->{action} =~ /^[AR]$/));
-			get_dir_check($self, $exists, $g, $r);
-		}
-	}
-	values %$exists;
-}
-
-sub minimize_url {
-	my ($self) = @_;
-	return $self->{url} if ($self->{url} eq $self->{repos_root});
-	my $url = $self->{repos_root};
-	my @components = split(m!/!, $self->{svn_path});
-	my $c = '';
-	do {
-		$url .= "/$c" if length $c;
-		eval {
-			my $ra = (ref $self)->new($url);
-			my $latest = $ra->get_latest_revnum;
-			$ra->get_log("", $latest, 0, 1, 0, 1, sub {});
-		};
-	} while ($@ && ($c = shift @components));
-	$url;
-}
-
-sub can_do_switch {
-	my $self = shift;
-	unless (defined $can_do_switch) {
-		my $pool = SVN::Pool->new;
-		my $rep = eval {
-			$self->do_switch(1, '', 0, $self->{url},
-			                 SVN::Delta::Editor->new, $pool);
-		};
-		if ($@) {
-			$can_do_switch = 0;
-		} else {
-			$rep->abort_report($pool);
-			$can_do_switch = 1;
-		}
-		$pool->clear;
-	}
-	$can_do_switch;
-}
-
-sub skip_unknown_revs {
-	my ($err) = @_;
-	my $errno = $err->apr_err();
-	# Maybe the branch we're tracking didn't
-	# exist when the repo started, so it's
-	# not an error if it doesn't, just continue
-	#
-	# Wonderfully consistent library, eh?
-	# 160013 - svn:// and file://
-	# 175002 - http(s)://
-	# 175007 - http(s):// (this repo required authorization, too...)
-	#   More codes may be discovered later...
-	if ($errno == 175007 || $errno == 175002 || $errno == 160013) {
-		my $err_key = $err->expanded_message;
-		# revision numbers change every time, filter them out
-		$err_key =~ s/\d+/\0/g;
-		$err_key = "$errno\0$err_key";
-		unless ($ignored_err{$err_key}) {
-			warn "W: Ignoring error from SVN, path probably ",
-			     "does not exist: ($errno): ",
-			     $err->expanded_message,"\n";
-			warn "W: Do not be alarmed at the above message ",
-			     "git-svn is just searching aggressively for ",
-			     "old history.\n",
-			     "This may take a while on large repositories\n";
-			$ignored_err{$err_key} = 1;
-		}
-		return;
-	}
-	die "Error from SVN, ($errno): ", $err->expanded_message,"\n";
-}
-
 package Git::SVN::Log;
 use strict;
 use warnings;
diff --git a/perl/Git/SVN/Ra.pm b/perl/Git/SVN/Ra.pm
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..23ff43e86b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/perl/Git/SVN/Ra.pm
@@ -0,0 +1,658 @@
+package Git::SVN::Ra;
+use vars qw/@ISA $config_dir $_ignore_refs_regex $_log_window_size/;
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+use SVN::Client;
+use SVN::Ra;
+BEGIN {
+	@ISA = qw(SVN::Ra);
+}
+
+my ($ra_invalid, $can_do_switch, %ignored_err, $RA);
+
+BEGIN {
+	# enforce temporary pool usage for some simple functions
+	no strict 'refs';
+	for my $f (qw/rev_proplist get_latest_revnum get_uuid get_repos_root
+	              get_file/) {
+		my $SUPER = "SUPER::$f";
+		*$f = sub {
+			my $self = shift;
+			my $pool = SVN::Pool->new;
+			my @ret = $self->$SUPER(@_,$pool);
+			$pool->clear;
+			wantarray ? @ret : $ret[0];
+		};
+	}
+}
+
+sub _auth_providers () {
+	my @rv = (
+	  SVN::Client::get_simple_provider(),
+	  SVN::Client::get_ssl_server_trust_file_provider(),
+	  SVN::Client::get_simple_prompt_provider(
+	    \&Git::SVN::Prompt::simple, 2),
+	  SVN::Client::get_ssl_client_cert_file_provider(),
+	  SVN::Client::get_ssl_client_cert_prompt_provider(
+	    \&Git::SVN::Prompt::ssl_client_cert, 2),
+	  SVN::Client::get_ssl_client_cert_pw_file_provider(),
+	  SVN::Client::get_ssl_client_cert_pw_prompt_provider(
+	    \&Git::SVN::Prompt::ssl_client_cert_pw, 2),
+	  SVN::Client::get_username_provider(),
+	  SVN::Client::get_ssl_server_trust_prompt_provider(
+	    \&Git::SVN::Prompt::ssl_server_trust),
+	  SVN::Client::get_username_prompt_provider(
+	    \&Git::SVN::Prompt::username, 2)
+	);
+
+	# earlier 1.6.x versions would segfault, and <= 1.5.x didn't have
+	# this function
+	if (::compare_svn_version('1.6.15') >= 0) {
+		my $config = SVN::Core::config_get_config($config_dir);
+		my ($p, @a);
+		# config_get_config returns all config files from
+		# ~/.subversion, auth_get_platform_specific_client_providers
+		# just wants the config "file".
+		@a = ($config->{'config'}, undef);
+		$p = SVN::Core::auth_get_platform_specific_client_providers(@a);
+		# Insert the return value from
+		# auth_get_platform_specific_providers
+		unshift @rv, @$p;
+	}
+	\@rv;
+}
+
+sub escape_uri_only {
+	my ($uri) = @_;
+	my @tmp;
+	foreach (split m{/}, $uri) {
+		s/([^~\w.%+-]|%(?![a-fA-F0-9]{2}))/sprintf("%%%02X",ord($1))/eg;
+		push @tmp, $_;
+	}
+	join('/', @tmp);
+}
+
+sub escape_url {
+	my ($url) = @_;
+	if ($url =~ m#^(https?)://([^/]+)(.*)$#) {
+		my ($scheme, $domain, $uri) = ($1, $2, escape_uri_only($3));
+		$url = "$scheme://$domain$uri";
+	}
+	$url;
+}
+
+sub new {
+	my ($class, $url) = @_;
+	$url =~ s!/+$!!;
+	return $RA if ($RA && $RA->{url} eq $url);
+
+	::_req_svn();
+
+	SVN::_Core::svn_config_ensure($config_dir, undef);
+	my ($baton, $callbacks) = SVN::Core::auth_open_helper(_auth_providers);
+	my $config = SVN::Core::config_get_config($config_dir);
+	$RA = undef;
+	my $dont_store_passwords = 1;
+	my $conf_t = ${$config}{'config'};
+	{
+		no warnings 'once';
+		# The usage of $SVN::_Core::SVN_CONFIG_* variables
+		# produces warnings that variables are used only once.
+		# I had not found the better way to shut them up, so
+		# the warnings of type 'once' are disabled in this block.
+		if (SVN::_Core::svn_config_get_bool($conf_t,
+		    $SVN::_Core::SVN_CONFIG_SECTION_AUTH,
+		    $SVN::_Core::SVN_CONFIG_OPTION_STORE_PASSWORDS,
+		    1) == 0) {
+			SVN::_Core::svn_auth_set_parameter($baton,
+			    $SVN::_Core::SVN_AUTH_PARAM_DONT_STORE_PASSWORDS,
+			    bless (\$dont_store_passwords, "_p_void"));
+		}
+		if (SVN::_Core::svn_config_get_bool($conf_t,
+		    $SVN::_Core::SVN_CONFIG_SECTION_AUTH,
+		    $SVN::_Core::SVN_CONFIG_OPTION_STORE_AUTH_CREDS,
+		    1) == 0) {
+			$Git::SVN::Prompt::_no_auth_cache = 1;
+		}
+	} # no warnings 'once'
+	my $self = SVN::Ra->new(url => escape_url($url), auth => $baton,
+	                      config => $config,
+			      pool => SVN::Pool->new,
+	                      auth_provider_callbacks => $callbacks);
+	$self->{url} = $url;
+	$self->{svn_path} = $url;
+	$self->{repos_root} = $self->get_repos_root;
+	$self->{svn_path} =~ s#^\Q$self->{repos_root}\E(/|$)##;
+	$self->{cache} = { check_path => { r => 0, data => {} },
+	                   get_dir => { r => 0, data => {} } };
+	$RA = bless $self, $class;
+}
+
+sub check_path {
+	my ($self, $path, $r) = @_;
+	my $cache = $self->{cache}->{check_path};
+	if ($r == $cache->{r} && exists $cache->{data}->{$path}) {
+		return $cache->{data}->{$path};
+	}
+	my $pool = SVN::Pool->new;
+	my $t = $self->SUPER::check_path($path, $r, $pool);
+	$pool->clear;
+	if ($r != $cache->{r}) {
+		%{$cache->{data}} = ();
+		$cache->{r} = $r;
+	}
+	$cache->{data}->{$path} = $t;
+}
+
+sub get_dir {
+	my ($self, $dir, $r) = @_;
+	my $cache = $self->{cache}->{get_dir};
+	if ($r == $cache->{r}) {
+		if (my $x = $cache->{data}->{$dir}) {
+			return wantarray ? @$x : $x->[0];
+		}
+	}
+	my $pool = SVN::Pool->new;
+	my ($d, undef, $props) = $self->SUPER::get_dir($dir, $r, $pool);
+	my %dirents = map { $_ => { kind => $d->{$_}->kind } } keys %$d;
+	$pool->clear;
+	if ($r != $cache->{r}) {
+		%{$cache->{data}} = ();
+		$cache->{r} = $r;
+	}
+	$cache->{data}->{$dir} = [ \%dirents, $r, $props ];
+	wantarray ? (\%dirents, $r, $props) : \%dirents;
+}
+
+sub DESTROY {
+	# do not call the real DESTROY since we store ourselves in $RA
+}
+
+# get_log(paths, start, end, limit,
+#         discover_changed_paths, strict_node_history, receiver)
+sub get_log {
+	my ($self, @args) = @_;
+	my $pool = SVN::Pool->new;
+
+	# svn_log_changed_path_t objects passed to get_log are likely to be
+	# overwritten even if only the refs are copied to an external variable,
+	# so we should dup the structures in their entirety.  Using an
+	# externally passed pool (instead of our temporary and quickly cleared
+	# pool in Git::SVN::Ra) does not help matters at all...
+	my $receiver = pop @args;
+	my $prefix = "/".$self->{svn_path};
+	$prefix =~ s#/+($)##;
+	my $prefix_regex = qr#^\Q$prefix\E#;
+	push(@args, sub {
+		my ($paths) = $_[0];
+		return &$receiver(@_) unless $paths;
+		$_[0] = ();
+		foreach my $p (keys %$paths) {
+			my $i = $paths->{$p};
+			# Make path relative to our url, not repos_root
+			$p =~ s/$prefix_regex//;
+			my %s = map { $_ => $i->$_; }
+				qw/copyfrom_path copyfrom_rev action/;
+			if ($s{'copyfrom_path'}) {
+				$s{'copyfrom_path'} =~ s/$prefix_regex//;
+			}
+			$_[0]{$p} = \%s;
+		}
+		&$receiver(@_);
+	});
+
+
+	# the limit parameter was not supported in SVN 1.1.x, so we
+	# drop it.  Therefore, the receiver callback passed to it
+	# is made aware of this limitation by being wrapped if
+	# the limit passed to is being wrapped.
+	if (::compare_svn_version('1.2.0') <= 0) {
+		my $limit = splice(@args, 3, 1);
+		if ($limit > 0) {
+			my $receiver = pop @args;
+			push(@args, sub { &$receiver(@_) if (--$limit >= 0) });
+		}
+	}
+	my $ret = $self->SUPER::get_log(@args, $pool);
+	$pool->clear;
+	$ret;
+}
+
+sub trees_match {
+	my ($self, $url1, $rev1, $url2, $rev2) = @_;
+	my $ctx = SVN::Client->new(auth => _auth_providers);
+	my $out = IO::File->new_tmpfile;
+
+	# older SVN (1.1.x) doesn't take $pool as the last parameter for
+	# $ctx->diff(), so we'll create a default one
+	my $pool = SVN::Pool->new_default_sub;
+
+	$ra_invalid = 1; # this will open a new SVN::Ra connection to $url1
+	$ctx->diff([], $url1, $rev1, $url2, $rev2, 1, 1, 0, $out, $out);
+	$out->flush;
+	my $ret = (($out->stat)[7] == 0);
+	close $out or croak $!;
+
+	$ret;
+}
+
+sub get_commit_editor {
+	my ($self, $log, $cb, $pool) = @_;
+
+	my @lock = (::compare_svn_version('1.2.0') >= 0) ? (undef, 0) : ();
+	$self->SUPER::get_commit_editor($log, $cb, @lock, $pool);
+}
+
+sub gs_do_update {
+	my ($self, $rev_a, $rev_b, $gs, $editor) = @_;
+	my $new = ($rev_a == $rev_b);
+	my $path = $gs->{path};
+
+	if ($new && -e $gs->{index}) {
+		unlink $gs->{index} or die
+		  "Couldn't unlink index: $gs->{index}: $!\n";
+	}
+	my $pool = SVN::Pool->new;
+	$editor->set_path_strip($path);
+	my (@pc) = split m#/#, $path;
+	my $reporter = $self->do_update($rev_b, (@pc ? shift @pc : ''),
+	                                1, $editor, $pool);
+	my @lock = (::compare_svn_version('1.2.0') >= 0) ? (undef) : ();
+
+	# Since we can't rely on svn_ra_reparent being available, we'll
+	# just have to do some magic with set_path to make it so
+	# we only want a partial path.
+	my $sp = '';
+	my $final = join('/', @pc);
+	while (@pc) {
+		$reporter->set_path($sp, $rev_b, 0, @lock, $pool);
+		$sp .= '/' if length $sp;
+		$sp .= shift @pc;
+	}
+	die "BUG: '$sp' != '$final'\n" if ($sp ne $final);
+
+	$reporter->set_path($sp, $rev_a, $new, @lock, $pool);
+
+	$reporter->finish_report($pool);
+	$pool->clear;
+	$editor->{git_commit_ok};
+}
+
+# this requires SVN 1.4.3 or later (do_switch didn't work before 1.4.3, and
+# svn_ra_reparent didn't work before 1.4)
+sub gs_do_switch {
+	my ($self, $rev_a, $rev_b, $gs, $url_b, $editor) = @_;
+	my $path = $gs->{path};
+	my $pool = SVN::Pool->new;
+
+	my $full_url = $self->{url};
+	my $old_url = $full_url;
+	$full_url .= '/' . $path if length $path;
+	my ($ra, $reparented);
+
+	if ($old_url =~ m#^svn(\+ssh)?://# ||
+	    ($full_url =~ m#^https?://# &&
+	     escape_url($full_url) ne $full_url)) {
+		$_[0] = undef;
+		$self = undef;
+		$RA = undef;
+		$ra = Git::SVN::Ra->new($full_url);
+		$ra_invalid = 1;
+	} elsif ($old_url ne $full_url) {
+		SVN::_Ra::svn_ra_reparent($self->{session}, $full_url, $pool);
+		$self->{url} = $full_url;
+		$reparented = 1;
+	}
+
+	$ra ||= $self;
+	$url_b = escape_url($url_b);
+	my $reporter = $ra->do_switch($rev_b, '', 1, $url_b, $editor, $pool);
+	my @lock = (::compare_svn_version('1.2.0') >= 0) ? (undef) : ();
+	$reporter->set_path('', $rev_a, 0, @lock, $pool);
+	$reporter->finish_report($pool);
+
+	if ($reparented) {
+		SVN::_Ra::svn_ra_reparent($self->{session}, $old_url, $pool);
+		$self->{url} = $old_url;
+	}
+
+	$pool->clear;
+	$editor->{git_commit_ok};
+}
+
+sub longest_common_path {
+	my ($gsv, $globs) = @_;
+	my %common;
+	my $common_max = scalar @$gsv;
+
+	foreach my $gs (@$gsv) {
+		my @tmp = split m#/#, $gs->{path};
+		my $p = '';
+		foreach (@tmp) {
+			$p .= length($p) ? "/$_" : $_;
+			$common{$p} ||= 0;
+			$common{$p}++;
+		}
+	}
+	$globs ||= [];
+	$common_max += scalar @$globs;
+	foreach my $glob (@$globs) {
+		my @tmp = split m#/#, $glob->{path}->{left};
+		my $p = '';
+		foreach (@tmp) {
+			$p .= length($p) ? "/$_" : $_;
+			$common{$p} ||= 0;
+			$common{$p}++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	my $longest_path = '';
+	foreach (sort {length $b <=> length $a} keys %common) {
+		if ($common{$_} == $common_max) {
+			$longest_path = $_;
+			last;
+		}
+	}
+	$longest_path;
+}
+
+sub gs_fetch_loop_common {
+	my ($self, $base, $head, $gsv, $globs) = @_;
+	return if ($base > $head);
+	my $inc = $_log_window_size;
+	my ($min, $max) = ($base, $head < $base + $inc ? $head : $base + $inc);
+	my $longest_path = longest_common_path($gsv, $globs);
+	my $ra_url = $self->{url};
+	my $find_trailing_edge;
+	while (1) {
+		my %revs;
+		my $err;
+		my $err_handler = $SVN::Error::handler;
+		$SVN::Error::handler = sub {
+			($err) = @_;
+			skip_unknown_revs($err);
+		};
+		sub _cb {
+			my ($paths, $r, $author, $date, $log) = @_;
+			[ $paths,
+			  { author => $author, date => $date, log => $log } ];
+		}
+		$self->get_log([$longest_path], $min, $max, 0, 1, 1,
+		               sub { $revs{$_[1]} = _cb(@_) });
+		if ($err) {
+			print "Checked through r$max\r";
+		} else {
+			$find_trailing_edge = 1;
+		}
+		if ($err and $find_trailing_edge) {
+			print STDERR "Path '$longest_path' ",
+				     "was probably deleted:\n",
+				     $err->expanded_message,
+				     "\nWill attempt to follow ",
+				     "revisions r$min .. r$max ",
+				     "committed before the deletion\n";
+			my $hi = $max;
+			while (--$hi >= $min) {
+				my $ok;
+				$self->get_log([$longest_path], $min, $hi,
+				               0, 1, 1, sub {
+				               $ok = $_[1];
+				               $revs{$_[1]} = _cb(@_) });
+				if ($ok) {
+					print STDERR "r$min .. r$ok OK\n";
+					last;
+				}
+			}
+			$find_trailing_edge = 0;
+		}
+		$SVN::Error::handler = $err_handler;
+
+		my %exists = map { $_->{path} => $_ } @$gsv;
+		foreach my $r (sort {$a <=> $b} keys %revs) {
+			my ($paths, $logged) = @{$revs{$r}};
+
+			foreach my $gs ($self->match_globs(\%exists, $paths,
+			                                   $globs, $r)) {
+				if ($gs->rev_map_max >= $r) {
+					next;
+				}
+				next unless $gs->match_paths($paths, $r);
+				$gs->{logged_rev_props} = $logged;
+				if (my $last_commit = $gs->last_commit) {
+					$gs->assert_index_clean($last_commit);
+				}
+				my $log_entry = $gs->do_fetch($paths, $r);
+				if ($log_entry) {
+					$gs->do_git_commit($log_entry);
+				}
+				$Git::SVN::INDEX_FILES{$gs->{index}} = 1;
+			}
+			foreach my $g (@$globs) {
+				my $k = "svn-remote.$g->{remote}." .
+				        "$g->{t}-maxRev";
+				Git::SVN::tmp_config($k, $r);
+			}
+			if ($ra_invalid) {
+				$_[0] = undef;
+				$self = undef;
+				$RA = undef;
+				$self = Git::SVN::Ra->new($ra_url);
+				$ra_invalid = undef;
+			}
+		}
+		# pre-fill the .rev_db since it'll eventually get filled in
+		# with '0' x40 if something new gets committed
+		foreach my $gs (@$gsv) {
+			next if $gs->rev_map_max >= $max;
+			next if defined $gs->rev_map_get($max);
+			$gs->rev_map_set($max, 0 x40);
+		}
+		foreach my $g (@$globs) {
+			my $k = "svn-remote.$g->{remote}.$g->{t}-maxRev";
+			Git::SVN::tmp_config($k, $max);
+		}
+		last if $max >= $head;
+		$min = $max + 1;
+		$max += $inc;
+		$max = $head if ($max > $head);
+	}
+	Git::SVN::gc();
+}
+
+sub get_dir_globbed {
+	my ($self, $left, $depth, $r) = @_;
+
+	my @x = eval { $self->get_dir($left, $r) };
+	return unless scalar @x == 3;
+	my $dirents = $x[0];
+	my @finalents;
+	foreach my $de (keys %$dirents) {
+		next if $dirents->{$de}->{kind} != $SVN::Node::dir;
+		if ($depth > 1) {
+			my @args = ("$left/$de", $depth - 1, $r);
+			foreach my $dir ($self->get_dir_globbed(@args)) {
+				push @finalents, "$de/$dir";
+			}
+		} else {
+			push @finalents, $de;
+		}
+	}
+	@finalents;
+}
+
+# return value: 0 -- don't ignore, 1 -- ignore
+sub is_ref_ignored {
+	my ($g, $p) = @_;
+	my $refname = $g->{ref}->full_path($p);
+	return 1 if defined($g->{ignore_refs_regex}) &&
+	            $refname =~ m!$g->{ignore_refs_regex}!;
+	return 0 unless defined($_ignore_refs_regex);
+	return 1 if $refname =~ m!$_ignore_refs_regex!o;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+sub match_globs {
+	my ($self, $exists, $paths, $globs, $r) = @_;
+
+	sub get_dir_check {
+		my ($self, $exists, $g, $r) = @_;
+
+		my @dirs = $self->get_dir_globbed($g->{path}->{left},
+		                                  $g->{path}->{depth},
+		                                  $r);
+
+		foreach my $de (@dirs) {
+			my $p = $g->{path}->full_path($de);
+			next if $exists->{$p};
+			next if (length $g->{path}->{right} &&
+				 ($self->check_path($p, $r) !=
+				  $SVN::Node::dir));
+			next unless $p =~ /$g->{path}->{regex}/;
+			$exists->{$p} = Git::SVN->init($self->{url}, $p, undef,
+					 $g->{ref}->full_path($de), 1);
+		}
+	}
+	foreach my $g (@$globs) {
+		if (my $path = $paths->{"/$g->{path}->{left}"}) {
+			if ($path->{action} =~ /^[AR]$/) {
+				get_dir_check($self, $exists, $g, $r);
+			}
+		}
+		foreach (keys %$paths) {
+			if (/$g->{path}->{left_regex}/ &&
+			    !/$g->{path}->{regex}/) {
+				next if $paths->{$_}->{action} !~ /^[AR]$/;
+				get_dir_check($self, $exists, $g, $r);
+			}
+			next unless /$g->{path}->{regex}/;
+			my $p = $1;
+			my $pathname = $g->{path}->full_path($p);
+			next if is_ref_ignored($g, $p);
+			next if $exists->{$pathname};
+			next if ($self->check_path($pathname, $r) !=
+			         $SVN::Node::dir);
+			$exists->{$pathname} = Git::SVN->init(
+			                      $self->{url}, $pathname, undef,
+			                      $g->{ref}->full_path($p), 1);
+		}
+		my $c = '';
+		foreach (split m#/#, $g->{path}->{left}) {
+			$c .= "/$_";
+			next unless ($paths->{$c} &&
+			             ($paths->{$c}->{action} =~ /^[AR]$/));
+			get_dir_check($self, $exists, $g, $r);
+		}
+	}
+	values %$exists;
+}
+
+sub minimize_url {
+	my ($self) = @_;
+	return $self->{url} if ($self->{url} eq $self->{repos_root});
+	my $url = $self->{repos_root};
+	my @components = split(m!/!, $self->{svn_path});
+	my $c = '';
+	do {
+		$url .= "/$c" if length $c;
+		eval {
+			my $ra = (ref $self)->new($url);
+			my $latest = $ra->get_latest_revnum;
+			$ra->get_log("", $latest, 0, 1, 0, 1, sub {});
+		};
+	} while ($@ && ($c = shift @components));
+	$url;
+}
+
+sub can_do_switch {
+	my $self = shift;
+	unless (defined $can_do_switch) {
+		my $pool = SVN::Pool->new;
+		my $rep = eval {
+			$self->do_switch(1, '', 0, $self->{url},
+			                 SVN::Delta::Editor->new, $pool);
+		};
+		if ($@) {
+			$can_do_switch = 0;
+		} else {
+			$rep->abort_report($pool);
+			$can_do_switch = 1;
+		}
+		$pool->clear;
+	}
+	$can_do_switch;
+}
+
+sub skip_unknown_revs {
+	my ($err) = @_;
+	my $errno = $err->apr_err();
+	# Maybe the branch we're tracking didn't
+	# exist when the repo started, so it's
+	# not an error if it doesn't, just continue
+	#
+	# Wonderfully consistent library, eh?
+	# 160013 - svn:// and file://
+	# 175002 - http(s)://
+	# 175007 - http(s):// (this repo required authorization, too...)
+	#   More codes may be discovered later...
+	if ($errno == 175007 || $errno == 175002 || $errno == 160013) {
+		my $err_key = $err->expanded_message;
+		# revision numbers change every time, filter them out
+		$err_key =~ s/\d+/\0/g;
+		$err_key = "$errno\0$err_key";
+		unless ($ignored_err{$err_key}) {
+			warn "W: Ignoring error from SVN, path probably ",
+			     "does not exist: ($errno): ",
+			     $err->expanded_message,"\n";
+			warn "W: Do not be alarmed at the above message ",
+			     "git-svn is just searching aggressively for ",
+			     "old history.\n",
+			     "This may take a while on large repositories\n";
+			$ignored_err{$err_key} = 1;
+		}
+		return;
+	}
+	die "Error from SVN, ($errno): ", $err->expanded_message,"\n";
+}
+
+1;
+__END__
+
+Git::SVN::Ra - Subversion remote access functions for git-svn
+
+=head1 SYNOPSIS
+
+    use Git::SVN::Ra;
+
+    my $ra = Git::SVN::Ra->new($branchurl);
+    my ($dirents, $fetched_revnum, $props) =
+        $ra->get_dir('.', $SVN::Core::INVALID_REVNUM);
+
+=head1 DESCRIPTION
+
+This is a wrapper around the L<SVN::Ra> module for use by B<git-svn>.
+It fills in some default parameters (such as the authentication
+scheme), smooths over incompatibilities between libsvn versions, adds
+caching, and implements some functions specific to B<git-svn>.
+
+Do not use it unless you are developing git-svn.  The interface will
+change as git-svn evolves.
+
+=head1 DEPENDENCIES
+
+Subversion perl bindings,
+L<Git::SVN>.
+
+C<Git::SVN::Ra> has not been tested using callers other than
+B<git-svn> itself.
+
+=head1 SEE ALSO
+
+L<SVN::Ra>.
+
+=head1 INCOMPATIBILITIES
+
+None reported.
+
+=head1 BUGS
+
+None.
diff --git a/perl/Makefile.PL b/perl/Makefile.PL
index 32caf214ab..08afdcb2a5 100644
--- a/perl/Makefile.PL
+++ b/perl/Makefile.PL
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ my %pm = (
 	'Git/SVN/Fetcher.pm' => '$(INST_LIBDIR)/Git/SVN/Fetcher.pm',
 	'Git/SVN/Editor.pm' => '$(INST_LIBDIR)/Git/SVN/Editor.pm',
 	'Git/SVN/Prompt.pm' => '$(INST_LIBDIR)/Git/SVN/Prompt.pm',
+	'Git/SVN/Ra.pm' => '$(INST_LIBDIR)/Git/SVN/Ra.pm',
 );
 
 # We come with our own bundled Error.pm. It's not in the set of default