1 files changed, 45 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/dev-vcs/svn2git/files/svn2git-1.0.3-backup-refs.patch b/dev-vcs/svn2git/files/svn2git-1.0.3-backup-refs.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6241bb765331
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-vcs/svn2git/files/svn2git-1.0.3-backup-refs.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+From 584005f2e26149282aa12c4a0367d250caaf3918 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Jehan Bing <nahor.j@gmail.com>
+Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2011 10:54:52 -0800
+Subject: [PATCH] Create backup reference before deletion of the original branch
+
+Ensure that the backup reference is created before deleting the original
+branch. As it was, the deletion was executed earlier causing the backup
+reference to point to a non-existing branch so was not created.
+---
+ src/repository.cpp |    7 ++++---
+ 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/src/repository.cpp b/src/repository.cpp
+index 7de840f..2c70bf3 100644
+--- a/src/repository.cpp
++++ b/src/repository.cpp
+@@ -349,11 +349,12 @@ int Repository::resetBranch(const QString &branch, int revnum, int mark, const Q
+         branchRef.prepend("refs/heads/");
+ 
+     Branch &br = branches[branch];
++    QByteArray backupCmd;
+     if (br.created && br.created != revnum && !br.marks.isEmpty() && br.marks.last()) {
+         QByteArray backupBranch = "refs/backups/r" + QByteArray::number(revnum) + branchRef.mid(4);
+         qWarning() << "WARN: backing up branch" << branch << "to" << backupBranch;
+ 
+-        resetBranches.append("reset " + backupBranch + "\nfrom " + branchRef + "\n\n");
++        backupCmd = "reset " + backupBranch + "\nfrom " + branchRef + "\n\n";
+     }
+ 
+     br.created = revnum;
+@@ -365,9 +366,9 @@ int Repository::resetBranch(const QString &branch, int revnum, int mark, const Q
+                      + " branch " + branch.toUtf8() + " = :" + QByteArray::number(mark)
+                      + " # " + comment + "\n\n";
+     if(comment == "delete")
+-        deletedBranches.append(cmd);
++        deletedBranches.append(backupCmd).append(cmd);
+     else
+-        resetBranches.append(cmd);
++        resetBranches.append(backupCmd).append(cmd);
+ 
+     return EXIT_SUCCESS;
+ }
+-- 
+1.7.4.1
+