svn import -m "import a larger parent" import "$svnrepo"/larger-parent &&
         svn cp -m "hi" "$svnrepo"/larger-parent "$svnrepo"/another-larger &&
         git svn init --minimize-url -i larger \
-          "$svnrepo"/another-larger/trunk/thunk/bump/thud &&
+         "$svnrepo"/larger-parent/trunk/thunk/bump/thud &&
         git svn fetch -i larger &&
+       git svn init --minimize-url -i larger-parent \
+         "$svnrepo"/another-larger/trunk/thunk/bump/thud &&
+       git svn fetch -i larger-parent &&
         git rev-parse --verify refs/remotes/larger &&
         git rev-parse --verify \
-           refs/remotes/larger-parent/trunk/thunk/bump/thud &&
+          refs/remotes/larger-parent &&
         test "`git merge-base \
-                 refs/remotes/larger-parent/trunk/thunk/bump/thud \
+                refs/remotes/larger-parent \
                  refs/remotes/larger`" = \
              "`git rev-parse refs/remotes/larger`"
-        true
         '
 
 test_expect_success 'follow higher-level parent' '
        git svn init --minimize-url -i stunk "$svnrepo"/stunk &&
        git svn fetch -i stunk &&
        git svn init --minimize-url -i flunked "$svnrepo"/flunked &&
-       git svn fetch -i flunked
+       git svn fetch -i flunked &&
        test "`git rev-parse --verify refs/remotes/flunk@18`" \
           = "`git rev-parse --verify refs/remotes/stunk`" &&
        test "`git rev-parse --verify refs/remotes/flunk~1`" \