diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 5447b07e0..c645bff27 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 *SVN*
 
+* Subversion module recognizes the password prompt for HTTP authentication
+
 * Preserve +x on scripts when using darcs #1929 [Scott Barron]
 
 * When executing multiline commands, use a backslash to escape the newline
diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index 2e99a9924..69ac03c9a 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ desc "Build documentation"
 task :doc => [ :rdoc ]
 
 Rake::TestTask.new do |t|
-  t.test_files = Dir["test/*_test.rb"]
+  t.test_files = Dir["test/**/*_test.rb"]
   t.verbose = true
 end
 
diff --git a/lib/switchtower/scm/subversion.rb b/lib/switchtower/scm/subversion.rb
index 79cb6aef8..cc5d78c3e 100644
--- a/lib/switchtower/scm/subversion.rb
+++ b/lib/switchtower/scm/subversion.rb
@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@ def latest_revision
         configuration.logger.debug "querying latest revision..." unless @latest_revision
         repo = configuration.repository
         until @latest_revision
-          @latest_revision = latest_revision_at(repo)
+          match = svn_log(repo).scan(/r(\d+)/).first
+          @latest_revision = match ? match.first : nil
           if @latest_revision.nil?
             # if a revision number was not reported, move up a level in the path
             # and try again.
@@ -55,7 +56,7 @@ def checkout(actor)
         actor.run(command) do |ch, stream, out|
           prefix = "#{stream} :: #{ch[:host]}"
           actor.logger.info out, prefix
-          if out =~ /^Password:/
+          if out =~ /^Password.*:/
             actor.logger.info "subversion is asking for a password", prefix
             ch.send_data "#{actor.password}\n"
           elsif out =~ %r{\(yes/no\)}
@@ -76,9 +77,8 @@ def checkout(actor)
 
       private
       
-        def latest_revision_at(path)
-          match = `svn log -q -rhead #{path}`.scan(/r(\d+)/).first
-          match ? match.first : nil
+        def svn_log(path)
+          `svn log -q -rhead #{path}`
         end
     end
 
diff --git a/test/scm/subversion_test.rb b/test/scm/subversion_test.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..47942d9b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/scm/subversion_test.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,118 @@
+$:.unshift File.dirname(__FILE__) + "/../../lib"
+
+require 'test/unit'
+require 'switchtower/scm/subversion'
+
+class ScmSubversionTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
+  class MockLogger
+    def info(msg,pfx=nil) end
+    def debug(msg,pfx=nil) end
+  end
+
+  class MockConfiguration < Hash
+    def logger
+      @logger ||= MockLogger.new
+    end
+
+    def method_missing(sym, *args)
+      if args.length == 0
+        self[sym]
+      else
+        super
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  class SubversionTest < SwitchTower::SCM::Subversion
+    attr_accessor :story
+    attr_reader   :last_path
+
+    def svn_log(path)
+      @last_path = path
+      story.shift
+    end
+  end
+
+  class MockChannel
+    attr_reader :sent_data
+
+    def send_data(data)
+      @sent_data ||= []
+      @sent_data << data
+    end
+
+    def [](name)
+      "value"
+    end
+  end
+
+  class MockActor
+    attr_reader :command
+    attr_reader :channels
+    attr_accessor :story
+
+    def initialize(config)
+      @config = config
+    end
+
+    def run(command)
+      @command = command
+      @channels ||= []
+      @channels << MockChannel.new
+      story.each { |stream, line| yield @channels.last, stream, line }
+    end
+
+    def method_missing(sym, *args)
+      @config.send(sym, *args)
+    end
+  end
+
+  def setup
+    @config = MockConfiguration.new
+    @config[:repository] = "/hello/world"
+    @config[:svn] = "/path/to/svn"
+    @config[:password] = "chocolatebrownies"
+    @scm = SubversionTest.new(@config)
+    @actor = MockActor.new(@config)
+    @log_msg = <<MSG.strip
+------------------------------------------------------------------------
+r1967 | minam | 2005-08-03 06:59:03 -0600 (Wed, 03 Aug 2005) | 2 lines
+
+Initial commit of the new switchtower utility
+
+------------------------------------------------------------------------
+MSG
+    @scm.story = [ @log_msg ]
+  end
+
+  def test_latest_revision
+    @scm.story = [ @log_msg ]
+    assert_equal "1967", @scm.latest_revision
+    assert_equal "/hello/world", @scm.last_path
+  end
+
+  def test_latest_revision_searching_upwards
+    @scm.story = [ "-----------------------------\n", @log_msg ]
+    assert_equal "1967", @scm.latest_revision
+    assert_equal "/hello", @scm.last_path
+  end
+
+  def test_checkout
+    @actor.story = []
+    assert_nothing_raised { @scm.checkout(@actor) }
+    assert_nil @actor.channels.last.sent_data
+    assert_match %r{/path/to/svn}, @actor.command
+  end
+
+  def test_checkout_needs_ssh_password
+    @actor.story = [[:out, "Password: "]]
+    assert_nothing_raised { @scm.checkout(@actor) }
+    assert_equal ["chocolatebrownies\n"], @actor.channels.last.sent_data
+  end
+
+  def test_checkout_needs_http_password
+    @actor.story = [[:out, "Password for (something): "]]
+    assert_nothing_raised { @scm.checkout(@actor) }
+    assert_equal ["chocolatebrownies\n"], @actor.channels.last.sent_data
+  end
+end