convert/svn: remove useless encoding/decoding calls (
issue1676)
# should print nothing
# should fail
abort: path 'b/x' is inside repo 'b'
abort: path 'b/x' is inside repo 'b'
# should fail
abort: path 'b/x' is inside repo 'b'
# should arguably print nothing
# should fail
abort: path 'b/a' is inside repo 'b'