diff --git a/rebar.config.sample b/rebar.config.sample
index 97b5a02..e6071bd 100644
--- a/rebar.config.sample
+++ b/rebar.config.sample
@@ -152,11 +152,17 @@
 %% name as an atom, eg. mochiweb, a name and a version (from the .app file), or
 %% an application name, a version and the SCM details on how to fetch it (SCM
 %% type, location and revision).
-%% Rebar currently supports git, hg, bzr, svn, and rsync.
-{deps, [application_name,
-        {application_name, "1.0.*"},
-        {application_name, "1.0.*",
+%% Rebar currently supports git, hg, bzr, svn, rsync, and fossil.
+{deps, [app_name,
+        {rebar, "1.0.*"},
+        {rebar, ".*",
+         {git, "git://github.com/rebar/rebar.git"}},
+        {rebar, ".*",
+         {git, "git://github.com/rebar/rebar.git", "Rev"}},
+        {rebar, "1.0.*",
          {git, "git://github.com/rebar/rebar.git", {branch, "master"}}},
+        {rebar, "1.0.0",
+         {git, "git://github.com/rebar/rebar.git", {tag, "1.0.0"}}},
         %% Dependencies can be marked as 'raw'. Rebar does not require
         %% such dependencies to have a standard Erlang/OTP layout
         %% which assumes the presence of either
@@ -170,9 +176,16 @@
         %% Only a subset of rebar commands will be executed on the
         %% 'raw' subdirectories: get-deps, update-deps, check-deps,
         %% list-deps and delete-deps.
-        {application_name, "",
+        {rebar, "",
          {git, "git://github.com/rebar/rebar.git", {branch, "master"}},
-         [raw]}]}.
+         [raw]},
+        {app_name, ".*", {hg, "https://www.example.org/url"}},
+        {app_name, ".*", {rsync, "Url"}},
+        {app_name, ".*", {svn, "https://www.example.org/url"}},
+        {app_name, ".*", {svn, "svn://svn.example.org/url"}},
+        {app_name, ".*", {bzr, "https://www.example.org/url", "Rev"}},
+        {app_name, ".*", {fossil, "https://www.example.org/url"}},
+        {app_name, ".*", {fossil, "https://www.example.org/url", "Vsn"}}]}.
 
 %% == Subdirectories ==
 
diff --git a/src/rebar_deps.erl b/src/rebar_deps.erl
index 9911841..2e305d5 100644
--- a/src/rebar_deps.erl
+++ b/src/rebar_deps.erl
@@ -257,13 +257,27 @@ info_help(Description) ->
        [
         Description,
         {deps_dir, "deps"},
-        {deps, [application_name,
-                {application_name, "1.0.*"},
-                {application_name, "1.0.*",
-                 {git, "git://github.com/rebar/rebar.git", {branch, "master"}}},
-                {application_name, "",
-                 {git, "git://github.com/rebar/rebar.git", {branch, "master"}},
-                 [raw]}]}
+        {deps,
+         [app_name,
+          {rebar, "1.0.*"},
+          {rebar, ".*",
+           {git, "git://github.com/rebar/rebar.git"}},
+          {rebar, ".*",
+           {git, "git://github.com/rebar/rebar.git", "Rev"}},
+          {rebar, "1.0.*",
+           {git, "git://github.com/rebar/rebar.git", {branch, "master"}}},
+          {rebar, "1.0.0",
+           {git, "git://github.com/rebar/rebar.git", {tag, "1.0.0"}}},
+          {rebar, "",
+           {git, "git://github.com/rebar/rebar.git", {branch, "master"}},
+           [raw]},
+          {app_name, ".*", {hg, "https://www.example.org/url"}},
+          {app_name, ".*", {rsync, "Url"}},
+          {app_name, ".*", {svn, "https://www.example.org/url"}},
+          {app_name, ".*", {svn, "svn://svn.example.org/url"}},
+          {app_name, ".*", {bzr, "https://www.example.org/url", "Rev"}},
+          {app_name, ".*", {fossil, "https://www.example.org/url"}},
+          {app_name, ".*", {fossil, "https://www.example.org/url", "Vsn"}}]}
        ]).
 
 %% Added because of trans deps,
@@ -532,8 +546,6 @@ download_source(AppDir, {rsync, Url}) ->
     rebar_utils:sh(?FMT("rsync -az --delete ~s/ ~s", [Url, AppDir]), []);
 download_source(AppDir, {fossil, Url}) ->
     download_source(AppDir, {fossil, Url, ""});
-download_source(AppDir, {fossil, Url, latest}) ->
-    download_source(AppDir, {fossil, Url, ""});
 download_source(AppDir, {fossil, Url, Version}) ->
     Repository = filename:join(AppDir, filename:basename(AppDir) ++ ".fossil"),
     ok = filelib:ensure_dir(Repository),
@@ -589,8 +601,6 @@ update_source1(AppDir, {rsync, Url}) ->
     rebar_utils:sh(?FMT("rsync -az --delete ~s/ ~s",[Url,AppDir]),[]);
 update_source1(AppDir, {fossil, Url}) ->
     update_source1(AppDir, {fossil, Url, ""});
-update_source1(AppDir, {fossil, Url, latest}) ->
-    update_source1(AppDir, {fossil, Url, ""});
 update_source1(AppDir, {fossil, _Url, Version}) ->
     ok = file:set_cwd(AppDir),
     rebar_utils:sh("fossil pull", [{cd, AppDir}]),