my $ra = Git::SVN::Ra->new($url);
my $uuid = $ra->get_uuid;
my $head = $ra->get_latest_revnum;
- $ra->get_log("", $head, 0, 1, 0, 1, sub { $head = $_[1] });
+
+ # ignore errors, $head revision may not even exist anymore
+ eval { $ra->get_log("", $head, 0, 1, 0, 1, sub { $head = $_[1] }) };
+ warn "W: $@\n" if $@;
+
my $base = defined $fetch ? $head : 0;
# read the max revs for wildcard expansion (branches/*, tags/*)