diff --git a/THANKS b/THANKS
index 03a847e..f94e1da 100644
--- a/THANKS
+++ b/THANKS
@@ -30,3 +30,7 @@ Misha Gorodnitzky
 Adam Kocoloski
 Joseph Wayne Norton
 Mihai Balea
+Matthew Batema
+Alexey Romanov
+Benjamin Nortier
+Magnus Klaar
diff --git a/priv/templates/simplenode.runner b/priv/templates/simplenode.runner
index 46141bb..cfde552 100755
--- a/priv/templates/simplenode.runner
+++ b/priv/templates/simplenode.runner
@@ -66,7 +66,22 @@ case "$1" in
 
     stop)
         # Wait for the node to completely stop...
-        PID=`ps -ef|grep "$RUNNER_BASE_DIR/.*/[b]eam"|awk '{print $2}'`
+        case `uname -s` in
+            Linux|Darwin|FreeBSD|DragonFly|NetBSD|OpenBSD)
+                # PID COMMAND
+                PID=`ps ax -o pid= -o command=|\
+                    grep "$RUNNER_BASE_DIR/.*/[b]eam"|cut -d' ' -f1`
+                ;;
+            SunOS)
+                # PID COMMAND
+                PID=`ps -ef -o pid= -o args=|\
+                    grep "$RUNNER_BASE_DIR/.*/[b]eam"|cut -d' ' -f1`
+                ;;
+            CYGWIN*)
+                # UID PID PPID TTY STIME COMMAND
+                PID=`ps -efW|grep "$RUNNER_BASE_DIR/.*/[b]eam"|cut -d' ' -f2`
+                ;;
+        esac
         $NODETOOL stop
         while `kill -0 $PID 2>/dev/null`;
         do
diff --git a/src/mustache.erl b/src/mustache.erl
index df81aed..86ef53c 100644
--- a/src/mustache.erl
+++ b/src/mustache.erl
@@ -190,8 +190,6 @@ to_s(Val) when is_integer(Val) ->
   integer_to_list(Val);
 to_s(Val) when is_float(Val) ->
   io_lib:format("~.2f", [Val]);
-to_s(Val) when is_boolean(Val) ->
-  Val;
 to_s(Val) when is_atom(Val) ->
   atom_to_list(Val);
 to_s(Val) ->
diff --git a/src/rebar_ct.erl b/src/rebar_ct.erl
index fc87dd3..316998f 100644
--- a/src/rebar_ct.erl
+++ b/src/rebar_ct.erl
@@ -130,13 +130,22 @@ make_cmd(TestDir, Config) ->
             Include = ""
     end,
 
+    %% Add the code path of the rebar process to the code path. This
+    %% includes the dependencies in the code path. The directories
+    %% that are part of the root Erlang install are filtered out to
+    %% avoid duplication
+    R = code:root_dir(),
+    NonLibCodeDirs = [P || P <- code:get_path(), lists:prefix(R, P) == false],
+    CodeDirs = [io_lib:format("\"~s\"", [Dir]) ||
+                   Dir <- [EbinDir|NonLibCodeDirs]],
+    CodePathString = string:join(CodeDirs, " "),
     Cmd = ?FMT("erl " % should we expand ERL_PATH?
-               " -noshell -pa \"~s\" ~s"
+               " -noshell -pa ~s ~s"
                " -s ct_run script_start -s erlang halt"
                " -name test@~s"
                " -logdir \"~s\""
                " -env TEST_DIR \"~s\"",
-               [EbinDir,
+               [CodePathString,
                 Include,
                 net_adm:localhost(),
                 LogDir,
diff --git a/src/rebar_deps.erl b/src/rebar_deps.erl
index 317814f..0852b01 100644
--- a/src/rebar_deps.erl
+++ b/src/rebar_deps.erl
@@ -297,11 +297,21 @@ download_source(AppDir, {svn, Url, Rev}) ->
                    filename:dirname(AppDir)).
 
 update_source(Dep) ->
-    ?CONSOLE("Updating ~p from ~p\n", [Dep#dep.app, Dep#dep.source]),
-    require_source_engine(Dep#dep.source),
-    update_source(filename:join(get_deps_dir(), Dep#dep.app),
-                  Dep#dep.source),
-    Dep.
+    %% It's possible when updating a source, that a given dep does not have a
+    %% VCS directory, such as when a source archive is built of a project, with
+    %% all deps already downloaded/included. So, verify that the necessary VCS
+    %% directory exists before attempting to do the update.
+    AppDir = filename:join(get_deps_dir(), Dep#dep.app),
+    case has_vcs_dir(element(1, Dep#dep.source), AppDir) of
+        true ->
+            ?CONSOLE("Updating ~p from ~p\n", [Dep#dep.app, Dep#dep.source]),
+            require_source_engine(Dep#dep.source),
+            update_source(AppDir, Dep#dep.source),
+            Dep;
+        false ->
+            ?WARN("Skipping update for ~p: no VCS directory available!\n", [Dep]),
+            Dep
+    end.
 
 update_source(AppDir, {git, _Url, {branch, Branch}}) ->
     rebar_utils:sh(?FMT("git fetch origin", []), [], AppDir),
@@ -358,3 +368,15 @@ scm_client_vsn(bzr) ->
     scm_client_vsn(rebar_utils:find_executable("bzr"), " --version", "Bazaar \\(bzr\\) (\\d+).(\\d+)");
 scm_client_vsn(svn) ->
     scm_client_vsn(rebar_utils:find_executable("svn"), " --version", "svn, version (\\d+).(\\d+)").
+
+has_vcs_dir(git, Dir) ->
+    filelib:is_dir(filename:join(Dir, ".git"));
+has_vcs_dir(hg, Dir) ->
+    filelib:is_dir(filename:join(Dir, ".hg"));
+has_vcs_dir(bzr, Dir) ->
+    filelib:is_dir(filename:join(Dir, ".bzr"));
+has_vcs_dir(svn, Dir) ->
+    filelib:is_dir(filename:join(Dir, ".svn"))
+        orelse filelib:is_dir(filename:join(Dir, "_svn"));
+has_vcs_dir(_, _) ->
+    true.