git svn clone "$url" --authors-file=authors.txt --prefix=svn/ --stdlayout "$dir" &&
cd "$dir" &&
-# Convert tags and branches
+# Convert branches and tags
# See http://blog.jessitron.com/2013/08/converting-from-svn-to-git.html
git svn gc &&
git gc --aggressive &&
echo "Cloned from $url using git-svn" >.git/description &&
-exec "${VISUAL:-${EDITOR:-vi}}" .git/description
+exec `git var GIT_EDITOR` .git/description