Index: pom.xml
===================================================================
--- pom.xml	(revision 37309)
+++ pom.xml	(working copy)
@@ -41,5 +41,11 @@
       <classifier>jdk15</classifier>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+    	<groupId>org.jvnet.hudson.plugins</groupId>
+    	<artifactId>template-project</artifactId>
+    	<version>1.2</version>
+    	<optional>true</optional>
+    </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 </project>
Index: src/main/java/hudson/plugins/svn_tag/SvnTagPlugin.java
===================================================================
--- src/main/java/hudson/plugins/svn_tag/SvnTagPlugin.java	(revision 37309)
+++ src/main/java/hudson/plugins/svn_tag/SvnTagPlugin.java	(working copy)
@@ -3,8 +3,27 @@
 import groovy.lang.Binding;
 import groovy.lang.GroovyShell;
 import hudson.Launcher;
-import hudson.model.*;
+import hudson.model.BuildListener;
+import hudson.model.Result;
+import hudson.model.AbstractBuild;
+import hudson.model.AbstractProject;
+import hudson.model.Hudson;
+import hudson.plugins.templateproject.ProxySCM;
+import hudson.scm.SCM;
 import hudson.scm.SubversionSCM;
+
+import java.io.BufferedReader;
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FileReader;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.PrintStream;
+import java.net.URI;
+import java.net.URISyntaxException;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+
 import org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils;
 import org.codehaus.groovy.control.CompilerConfiguration;
 import org.tmatesoft.svn.core.SVNCommitInfo;
@@ -20,14 +39,6 @@
 import org.tmatesoft.svn.core.wc.SVNRevision;
 import org.tmatesoft.svn.core.wc.SVNWCUtil;
 
-import java.io.*;
-import java.net.URI;
-import java.net.URISyntaxException;
-import java.util.Arrays;
-import java.util.HashMap;
-import java.util.List;
-import java.util.Map;
-
 
 /**
  * Consolidates the work common in Publisher and MavenReporter.
@@ -74,12 +85,22 @@
 
         Map<String, String> env;
 
-        if (!(rootProject.getScm() instanceof SubversionSCM)) {
-            logger.println(Messages.NotSubversion(rootProject.getScm().toString()));
+        SCM projectSCM = rootProject.getScm();
+
+        // check for TemplateProject Configuration
+        if (Hudson.getInstance().getPlugin("template-project") != null) {
+			while (projectSCM instanceof ProxySCM) {
+				// allow nested proxy configuration
+            	projectSCM = ProxySCM.class.cast(rootProject.getScm()).getProject().getScm();
+            }
+        }
+        
+        if (!(projectSCM instanceof SubversionSCM)) {
+            logger.println(Messages.NotSubversion(projectSCM.toString()));
             return true;
         }
 
-        SubversionSCM scm = SubversionSCM.class.cast(rootProject.getScm());
+        SubversionSCM scm = SubversionSCM.class.cast(projectSCM);
         try {
             env = abstractBuild.getEnvironment(buildListener);
         } catch (Exception e) {