1 files changed, 1 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/git-svn.perl b/git-svn.perl
index 09c4ca56f0..80ab45065e 100755
--- a/git-svn.perl
+++ b/git-svn.perl
@@ -963,6 +963,7 @@ sub cmd_multi_init {
 	}
 	do_git_init_db();
 	if (defined $_trunk) {
+		$_trunk =~ s#^/+##;
 		my $trunk_ref = 'refs/remotes/' . $_prefix . 'trunk';
 		# try both old-style and new-style lookups:
 		my $gs_trunk = eval { Git::SVN->new($trunk_ref) };