my $ra = Git::SVN::Ra->new($url);
 
                # skip existing cases where we already connect to the root
-               if (($ra->{url} eq $ra->{repos_root}) ||
+               if (($ra->url eq $ra->{repos_root}) ||
                    ($ra->{repos_root} eq $repo_id)) {
-                       $root_repos->{$ra->{url}} = $repo_id;
+                       $root_repos->{$ra->url} = $repo_id;
                        next;
                }
 
                my $root_ra = Git::SVN::Ra->new($ra->{repos_root});
-               my $root_path = $ra->{url};
+               my $root_path = $ra->url;
                $root_path =~ s#^\Q$ra->{repos_root}\E(/|$)##;
                foreach my $path (keys %$fetch) {
                        my $ref_id = $fetch->{$path};