::_req_svn();
        require SVN::Client;
 
+       my ($config, $baton, undef) = Git::SVN::Ra::prepare_config_once();
        my $ctx = SVN::Client->new(
-               config => SVN::Core::config_get_config(
-                       $Git::SVN::Ra::config_dir
-               ),
+               auth => $baton,
+               config => $config,
                log_msg => sub {
                        ${ $_[0] } = defined $_message
                                ? $_message
                        }
                }
                $msgbuf =~ s/\s+$//s;
+               $msgbuf =~ s/\r\n/\n/sg; # SVN 1.6+ disallows CRLF
                if ($Git::SVN::_add_author_from && defined($author)
                    && !$saw_from) {
                        $msgbuf .= "\n\nFrom: $author";