--- git-svn.perl.orig	2008-04-19 05:58:10.000000000 -0400
+++ git-svn.perl	2008-04-19 19:50:40.000000000 -0400
@@ -2375,8 +2375,7 @@
 	my ($author) = @_;
 	if (!defined $author || length $author == 0) {
 		$author = '(no author)';
-	}
-	if (defined $::_authors && ! defined $::users{$author}) {
+	} elsif (defined $::_authors && ! defined $::users{$author}) {
 		die "Author: $author not defined in $::_authors file\n";
 	}
 	$author;