$reporter->set_path('', $last_rev, 0, @lock, $pool);
        $reporter->finish_report($pool);
        $pool->clear;
+       unless ($ed->{git_commit_ok}) {
+               die "SVN connection failed somewhere...\n";
+       }
        libsvn_log_entry($rev, $author, $date, $msg, [$last_commit]);
 }
 
                $reporter->set_path('', $rev, 1, @lock, $pool);
                $reporter->finish_report($pool);
                $pool->clear;
+               unless ($ed->{git_commit_ok}) {
+                       die "SVN connection failed somewhere...\n";
+               }
        } else {
                open my $gui, '| git-update-index -z --index-info' or croak $!;
                libsvn_traverse($gui, '', $SVN->{svn_path}, $rev);
 
 sub close_edit {
        my $self = shift;
-       close $self->{gui} or croak;
+       close $self->{gui} or croak $!;
+       $self->{git_commit_ok} = 1;
        $self->SUPER::close_edit(@_);
 }