diff --git a/git-svn.perl b/git-svn.perl
index d075810724..b0bfb74792 100755
--- a/git-svn.perl
+++ b/git-svn.perl
@@ -764,6 +764,7 @@ sub cmd_show_ignore {
 		print STDOUT "\n# $path\n";
 		my $s = $props->{'svn:ignore'} or return;
 		$s =~ s/[\r\n]+/\n/g;
+		$s =~ s/^\n+//;
 		chomp $s;
 		$s =~ s#^#$path#gm;
 		print STDOUT "$s\n";
@@ -801,6 +802,7 @@ sub cmd_create_ignore {
 		open(GITIGNORE, '>', $ignore)
 		  or fatal("Failed to open `$ignore' for writing: $!");
 		$s =~ s/[\r\n]+/\n/g;
+		$s =~ s/^\n+//;
 		chomp $s;
 		# Prefix all patterns so that the ignore doesn't apply
 		# to sub-directories.
@@ -3317,7 +3319,8 @@ sub _new {
 		$repo_id = $Git::SVN::default_repo_id;
 	}
 	unless (defined $ref_id && length $ref_id) {
-		$_[2] = $ref_id = $Git::SVN::default_ref_id;
+		$_prefix = '' unless defined($_prefix);
+		$_[2] = $ref_id = $_prefix . $Git::SVN::default_ref_id;
 	}
 	$_[1] = $repo_id;
 	my $dir = "$ENV{GIT_DIR}/svn/$ref_id";
diff --git a/t/t9101-git-svn-props.sh b/t/t9101-git-svn-props.sh
index 9da4178c94..929499e996 100755
--- a/t/t9101-git-svn-props.sh
+++ b/t/t9101-git-svn-props.sh
@@ -142,7 +142,9 @@ test_expect_success 'test show-ignore' "
 	touch deeply/nested/directory/.keep &&
 	svn_cmd add deeply &&
 	svn_cmd up &&
-	svn_cmd propset -R svn:ignore 'no-such-file*' .
+	svn_cmd propset -R svn:ignore '
+no-such-file*
+' .
 	svn_cmd commit -m 'propset svn:ignore'
 	cd .. &&
 	git svn show-ignore > show-ignore.got &&
@@ -171,6 +173,7 @@ test_expect_success 'test create-ignore' "
 	"
 
 cat >prop.expect <<\EOF
+
 no-such-file*
 
 EOF
diff --git a/t/t9107-git-svn-migrate.sh b/t/t9107-git-svn-migrate.sh
index 3a9e07768d..c0098d9808 100755
--- a/t/t9107-git-svn-migrate.sh
+++ b/t/t9107-git-svn-migrate.sh
@@ -56,7 +56,15 @@ test_expect_success 'initialize a multi-repository repo' '
 	git config --add svn-remote.svn.fetch "branches/b:refs/remotes/b" &&
 	for i in tags/0.1 tags/0.2 tags/0.3; do
 		git config --add svn-remote.svn.fetch \
-		                 $i:refs/remotes/$i || exit 1; done
+		                 $i:refs/remotes/$i || exit 1; done &&
+	git config --get-all svn-remote.svn.fetch > fetch.out &&
+	grep "^trunk:refs/remotes/trunk$" fetch.out &&
+	grep "^branches/a:refs/remotes/a$" fetch.out &&
+	grep "^branches/b:refs/remotes/b$" fetch.out &&
+	grep "^tags/0\.1:refs/remotes/tags/0\.1$" fetch.out &&
+	grep "^tags/0\.2:refs/remotes/tags/0\.2$" fetch.out &&
+	grep "^tags/0\.3:refs/remotes/tags/0\.3$" fetch.out &&
+	grep "^:refs/${remotes_git_svn}" fetch.out
 	'
 
 # refs should all be different, but the trees should all be the same:
@@ -86,14 +94,14 @@ test_expect_success 'migrate --minimize on old inited layout' '
 		echo "$svnrepo"$path > "$GIT_DIR"/svn/$ref/info/url ) || exit 1;
 	done &&
 	git svn migrate --minimize &&
-	test -z "`git config -l |grep -v "^svn-remote\.git-svn\."`" &&
+	test -z "`git config -l | grep "^svn-remote\.git-svn\."`" &&
 	git config --get-all svn-remote.svn.fetch > fetch.out &&
 	grep "^trunk:refs/remotes/trunk$" fetch.out &&
 	grep "^branches/a:refs/remotes/a$" fetch.out &&
 	grep "^branches/b:refs/remotes/b$" fetch.out &&
 	grep "^tags/0\.1:refs/remotes/tags/0\.1$" fetch.out &&
 	grep "^tags/0\.2:refs/remotes/tags/0\.2$" fetch.out &&
-	grep "^tags/0\.3:refs/remotes/tags/0\.3$" fetch.out
+	grep "^tags/0\.3:refs/remotes/tags/0\.3$" fetch.out &&
 	grep "^:refs/${remotes_git_svn}" fetch.out
 	'