diff --git a/git-svn.perl b/git-svn.perl
index 6b90765..3d120d5 100755
--- a/git-svn.perl
+++ b/git-svn.perl
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 	canonicalize_path
 	canonicalize_url
 	join_paths
+	add_path_to_url
 );
 
 use Git qw(
@@ -1436,7 +1437,7 @@
 	# canonicalize_path() will return "" to make libsvn 1.5.x happy,
 	$path = "." if $path eq "";
 
-	my $full_url = canonicalize_url( $url . ($fullpath eq "" ? "" : "/$fullpath") );
+	my $full_url = canonicalize_url( add_path_to_url( $url, $fullpath ) );
 
 	if ($_url) {
 		print "$full_url\n";