diff --git a/Documentation/git-svn.txt b/Documentation/git-svn.txt
index 99f3c1ea6c..b09bd9761f 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-svn.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-svn.txt
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ where <name> is the name of the SVN repository as specified by the -R option to
 
 --username;;
 	Specify the SVN username to perform the commit as.  This option overrides
-	configuration property 'username'.
+	the 'username' configuration property.
 
 --commit-url;;
 	Use the specified URL to connect to the destination Subversion
diff --git a/git-svn.perl b/git-svn.perl
index 2c86ea2e38..b3b6964f95 100755
--- a/git-svn.perl
+++ b/git-svn.perl
@@ -1185,6 +1185,7 @@ sub cmd_reset {
 		    "history\n";
 	}
 	my ($r, $c) = $gs->find_rev_before($target, not $_fetch_parent);
+	die "Cannot find SVN revision $target\n" unless defined($c);
 	$gs->rev_map_set($r, $c, 'reset', $uuid);
 	print "r$r = $c ($gs->{ref_id})\n";
 }
@@ -2086,6 +2087,14 @@ sub refname {
 	# .. becomes %2E%2E
 	$refname =~ s{\.\.}{%2E%2E}g;
 
+	# trailing dots and .lock are not allowed
+	# .$ becomes %2E and .lock becomes %2Elock
+	$refname =~ s{\.(?=$|lock$)}{%2E};
+
+	# the sequence @{ is used to access the reflog
+	# @{ becomes %40{
+	$refname =~ s{\@\{}{%40\{}g;
+
 	return $refname;
 }
 
@@ -3605,6 +3614,7 @@ sub mkfile {
 
 sub rev_map_set {
 	my ($self, $rev, $commit, $update_ref, $uuid) = @_;
+	defined $commit or die "missing arg3\n";
 	length $commit == 40 or die "arg3 must be a full SHA1 hexsum\n";
 	my $db = $self->map_path($uuid);
 	my $db_lock = "$db.lock";
@@ -3998,7 +4008,6 @@ use vars qw/@ISA/;
 use strict;
 use warnings;
 use Carp qw/croak/;
-use File::Temp qw/tempfile/;
 use IO::File qw//;
 use vars qw/$_ignore_regex/;
 
diff --git a/t/t9118-git-svn-funky-branch-names.sh b/t/t9118-git-svn-funky-branch-names.sh
index ac52bff0ef..7d7acc30b4 100755
--- a/t/t9118-git-svn-funky-branch-names.sh
+++ b/t/t9118-git-svn-funky-branch-names.sh
@@ -21,6 +21,14 @@ test_expect_success 'setup svnrepo' '
 	                      "$svnrepo/pr ject/branches/more fun plugin!" &&
 	svn_cmd cp -m "scary" "$svnrepo/pr ject/branches/fun plugin" \
 	              "$svnrepo/pr ject/branches/$scary_uri" &&
+	svn_cmd cp -m "leading dot" "$svnrepo/pr ject/trunk" \
+			"$svnrepo/pr ject/branches/.leading_dot" &&
+	svn_cmd cp -m "trailing dot" "$svnrepo/pr ject/trunk" \
+			"$svnrepo/pr ject/branches/trailing_dot." &&
+	svn_cmd cp -m "trailing .lock" "$svnrepo/pr ject/trunk" \
+			"$svnrepo/pr ject/branches/trailing_dotlock.lock" &&
+	svn_cmd cp -m "reflog" "$svnrepo/pr ject/trunk" \
+			"$svnrepo/pr ject/branches/not-a@{0}reflog" &&
 	start_httpd
 	'
 
@@ -30,6 +38,10 @@ test_expect_success 'test clone with funky branch names' '
 		git rev-parse "refs/remotes/fun%20plugin" &&
 		git rev-parse "refs/remotes/more%20fun%20plugin!" &&
 		git rev-parse "refs/remotes/$scary_ref" &&
+		git rev-parse "refs/remotes/%2Eleading_dot" &&
+		git rev-parse "refs/remotes/trailing_dot%2E" &&
+		git rev-parse "refs/remotes/trailing_dotlock%2Elock" &&
+		git rev-parse "refs/remotes/not-a%40{0}reflog" &&
 	cd ..
 	'
 
@@ -51,6 +63,15 @@ test_expect_success 'test dcommit to scary branch' '
 	cd ..
 	'
 
+test_expect_success 'test dcommit to trailing_dotlock branch' '
+	cd project &&
+	git reset --hard "refs/remotes/trailing_dotlock%2Elock" &&
+	echo who names branches like this anyway? >> foo &&
+	git commit -m "bar" -- foo &&
+	git svn dcommit &&
+	cd ..
+	'
+
 stop_httpd
 
 test_done