my $in_msg = 0;
                my $author;
                my $saw_from = 0;
+               my $msgbuf = "";
                while (<$msg_fh>) {
                        if (!$in_msg) {
                                $in_msg = 1 if (/^\s*$/);
                                if (/^From:/ || /^Signed-off-by:/) {
                                        $saw_from = 1;
                                }
-                               print $log_fh $_ or croak $!;
+                               $msgbuf .= $_;
                        }
                }
+               $msgbuf =~ s/\s+$//s;
                if ($Git::SVN::_add_author_from && defined($author)
                    && !$saw_from) {
-                       print $log_fh "\nFrom: $author\n"
-                             or croak $!;
+                       $msgbuf .= "\n\nFrom: $author";
                }
+               print $log_fh $msgbuf or croak $!;
                command_close_pipe($msg_fh, $ctx);
        }
        close $log_fh or croak $!;