diff --git a/git-svn.perl b/git-svn.perl
index 4aa208f..7c735ce 100755
--- a/git-svn.perl
+++ b/git-svn.perl
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@
 use warnings;
 use strict;
 use vars qw/	$AUTHOR $VERSION
-		$sha1 $sha1_short $_revision $_repository
+		$oid $oid_short $oid_length
+		$_revision $_repository
 		$_q $_authors $_authors_prog %users/;
 $AUTHOR = 'Eric Wong <normalperson@yhbt.net>';
 $VERSION = '@@GIT_VERSION@@';
@@ -103,8 +104,9 @@
 	}
 }
 
-$sha1 = qr/[a-f\d]{40}/;
-$sha1_short = qr/[a-f\d]{4,40}/;
+$oid = qr/(?:[a-f\d]{40}(?:[a-f\d]{24})?)/;
+$oid_short = qr/[a-f\d]{4,64}/;
+$oid_length = 40;
 my ($_stdin, $_help, $_edit,
 	$_message, $_file, $_branch_dest,
 	$_template, $_shared,
@@ -582,7 +584,7 @@
 		print "Reading from stdin...\n";
 		@commits = ();
 		while (<STDIN>) {
-			if (/\b($sha1_short)\b/o) {
+			if (/\b($oid_short)\b/o) {
 				unshift @commits, $1;
 			}
 		}
@@ -1831,7 +1833,7 @@
 	if ($type eq 'commit') {
 		$expected = (grep /^tree /, command(qw/cat-file commit/,
 		                                    $treeish))[0];
-		($expected) = ($expected =~ /^tree ($sha1)$/o);
+		($expected) = ($expected =~ /^tree ($oid)$/o);
 		die "Unable to get tree from $treeish\n" unless $expected;
 	} elsif ($type eq 'tree') {
 		$expected = $treeish;
@@ -2036,7 +2038,7 @@
 	my $hash;
 	my %max;
 	while (<$fh>) {
-		if ( m{^commit ($::sha1)$} ) {
+		if ( m{^commit ($::oid)$} ) {
 			unshift @$refs, $hash if $hash and $refs;
 			$hash = $1;
 			next;
diff --git a/perl/Git/SVN.pm b/perl/Git/SVN.pm
index 4b28b87..fcf1e3b 100644
--- a/perl/Git/SVN.pm
+++ b/perl/Git/SVN.pm
@@ -874,7 +874,7 @@
 		command_noisy('read-tree', $treeish) unless -e $self->{index};
 		my $x = command_oneline('write-tree');
 		my ($y) = (command(qw/cat-file commit/, $treeish) =~
-		           /^tree ($::sha1)/mo);
+		           /^tree ($::oid)/mo);
 		return if $y eq $x;
 
 		warn "Index mismatch: $y != $x\nrereading $treeish\n";
@@ -1020,7 +1020,7 @@
 		$tree = $self->tmp_index_do(sub {
 		                            command_oneline('write-tree') });
 	}
-	die "Tree is not a valid sha1: $tree\n" if $tree !~ /^$::sha1$/o;
+	die "Tree is not a valid oid $tree\n" if $tree !~ /^$::oid$/o;
 
 	my @exec = ('git', 'commit-tree', $tree);
 	foreach ($self->get_commit_parents($log_entry)) {
@@ -1048,8 +1048,8 @@
 	close $out_fh or croak $!;
 	waitpid $pid, 0;
 	croak $? if $?;
-	if ($commit !~ /^$::sha1$/o) {
-		die "Failed to commit, invalid sha1: $commit\n";
+	if ($commit !~ /^$::oid$/o) {
+		die "Failed to commit, invalid oid: $commit\n";
 	}
 
 	$self->rev_map_set($log_entry->{revision}, $commit, 1);
@@ -2150,7 +2150,7 @@
 	my $svn_uuid = $self->rewrite_uuid || $self->ra_uuid;
 	my $c;
 	while (<$log>) {
-		if ( m{^commit ($::sha1)$} ) {
+		if ( m{^commit ($::oid)$} ) {
 			$c = $1;
 			next;
 		}
diff --git a/perl/Git/SVN/Editor.pm b/perl/Git/SVN/Editor.pm
index 0df16ed..70b6d78 100644
--- a/perl/Git/SVN/Editor.pm
+++ b/perl/Git/SVN/Editor.pm
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
 	my @mods;
 	while (defined($_ = get_record($diff_fh, "\0"))) {
 		if ($state eq 'meta' && /^:(\d{6})\s(\d{6})\s
-					($::sha1)\s($::sha1)\s
+					($::oid)\s($::oid)\s
 					([MTCRAD])\d*$/xo) {
 			push @mods, {	mode_a => $1, mode_b => $2,
 					sha1_a => $3, sha1_b => $4,
diff --git a/perl/Git/SVN/Log.pm b/perl/Git/SVN/Log.pm
index 6641053..3858fcf 100644
--- a/perl/Git/SVN/Log.pm
+++ b/perl/Git/SVN/Log.pm
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@
 	my (@k, $c, $d, $stat);
 	my $esc_color = qr/(?:\033\[(?:(?:\d+;)*\d*)?m)*/;
 	while (<$log>) {
-		if (/^${esc_color}commit (?:- )?($::sha1_short)/o) {
+		if (/^${esc_color}commit (?:- )?($::oid_short)/o) {
 			my $cmt = $1;
 			if ($c && cmt_showable($c) && $c->{r} != $r_last) {
 				$r_last = $c->{r};