Re: [PATCH] git-svn: Don't rely on $_ after making a function call

> Adam Roben <aroben@apple.com> wrote:
>> Many functions and operators in perl set $_, so its value cannot  
>> be relied upon
>> after calling arbitrary functions. The solution is simply to copy  
>> the value of
>> $_ into a local variable that will not get overwritten.
>
> Does this fix any particular bug?  It looks right to me
> and makes the code easier to follow, so;