diff --git a/gclient.py b/gclient.py
index cbba142e6..d2b8ee7a5 100644
--- a/gclient.py
+++ b/gclient.py
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ Hooks
     ]
 """
 
-__version__ = "0.6.2"
+__version__ = "0.6.3"
 
 import copy
 import logging
diff --git a/gclient_scm.py b/gclient_scm.py
index 95890a450..c33793c7d 100644
--- a/gclient_scm.py
+++ b/gclient_scm.py
@@ -994,8 +994,24 @@ class SVNWrapper(SCMWrapper):
     new_command = command[:]
     if revision:
       new_command.extend(['--revision', str(revision).strip()])
+    # We don't want interaction when jobs are used.
+    if options.jobs > 1:
+      new_command.append('--non-interactive')
     # --force was added to 'svn update' in svn 1.5.
-    if ((options.force or options.manually_grab_svn_rev) and
-        scm.SVN.AssertVersion("1.5")[0]):
+    # --accept was added to 'svn update' in svn 1.6.
+    if not scm.SVN.AssertVersion('1.5')[0]:
+      return new_command
+
+    # It's annoying to have it block in the middle of a sync, just sensible
+    # defaults.
+    if options.force:
+      new_command.append('--force')
+      if command[0] != 'checkout' and scm.SVN.AssertVersion('1.6')[0]:
+        new_command.extend(('--accept', 'theirs-conflict'))
+    elif options.manually_grab_svn_rev:
       new_command.append('--force')
+      if command[0] != 'checkout' and scm.SVN.AssertVersion('1.6')[0]:
+        new_command.extend(('--accept', 'postpone'))
+    elif command[0] != 'checkout' and scm.SVN.AssertVersion('1.6')[0]:
+      new_command.extend(('--accept', 'postpone'))
     return new_command
diff --git a/scm.py b/scm.py
index fa738135b..875541ff8 100644
--- a/scm.py
+++ b/scm.py
@@ -86,7 +86,16 @@ def determine_scm(root):
       return None
 
 
+def only_int(val):
+  if val.isdigit():
+    return int(val)
+  else:
+    return 0
+
+
 class GIT(object):
+  current_version = None
+
   @staticmethod
   def Capture(args, **kwargs):
     return subprocess2.check_output(
@@ -370,23 +379,19 @@ class GIT(object):
     root = GIT.Capture(['rev-parse', '--show-cdup'], cwd=cwd).strip()
     return os.path.abspath(os.path.join(cwd, root))
 
-  @staticmethod
-  def AssertVersion(min_version):
+  @classmethod
+  def AssertVersion(cls, min_version):
     """Asserts git's version is at least min_version."""
-    def only_int(val):
-      if val.isdigit():
-        return int(val)
-      else:
-        return 0
-    current_version =  GIT.Capture(['--version']).split()[-1]
-    current_version_list = map(only_int, current_version.split('.'))
+    if cls.current_version is None:
+      cls.current_version = cls.Capture(['--version']).split()[-1]
+    current_version_list = map(only_int, cls.current_version.split('.'))
     for min_ver in map(int, min_version.split('.')):
       ver = current_version_list.pop(0)
       if ver < min_ver:
-        return (False, current_version)
+        return (False, cls.current_version)
       elif ver > min_ver:
-        return (True, current_version)
-    return (True, current_version)
+        return (True, cls.current_version)
+    return (True, cls.current_version)
 
 
 class SVN(object):
@@ -923,24 +928,19 @@ class SVN(object):
       directory = parent
     return GetCasedPath(directory)
 
-  @staticmethod
-  def AssertVersion(min_version):
+  @classmethod
+  def AssertVersion(cls, min_version):
     """Asserts svn's version is at least min_version."""
-    def only_int(val):
-      if val.isdigit():
-        return int(val)
-      else:
-        return 0
-    if not SVN.current_version:
-      SVN.current_version = SVN.Capture(['--version']).split()[2]
-    current_version_list = map(only_int, SVN.current_version.split('.'))
+    if cls.current_version is None:
+      cls.current_version = cls.Capture(['--version']).split()[2]
+    current_version_list = map(only_int, cls.current_version.split('.'))
     for min_ver in map(int, min_version.split('.')):
       ver = current_version_list.pop(0)
       if ver < min_ver:
-        return (False, SVN.current_version)
+        return (False, cls.current_version)
       elif ver > min_ver:
-        return (True, SVN.current_version)
-    return (True, SVN.current_version)
+        return (True, cls.current_version)
+    return (True, cls.current_version)
 
   @staticmethod
   def Revert(repo_root, callback=None, ignore_externals=False):
diff --git a/tests/gclient_scm_test.py b/tests/gclient_scm_test.py
index 6d5e380c0..89e84d32f 100755
--- a/tests/gclient_scm_test.py
+++ b/tests/gclient_scm_test.py
@@ -73,6 +73,8 @@ class SVNWrapperTestCase(BaseTestCase):
       self.force = False
       self.reset = False
       self.nohooks = False
+      # TODO(maruel): Test --jobs > 1.
+      self.jobs = 1
 
   def Options(self, *args, **kwargs):
     return self.OptionsObject(*args, **kwargs)
diff --git a/tests/scm_unittest.py b/tests/scm_unittest.py
index 6b4faf358..7564678ec 100755
--- a/tests/scm_unittest.py
+++ b/tests/scm_unittest.py
@@ -45,8 +45,8 @@ class RootTestCase(BaseSCMTestCase):
     members = [
         'ElementTree', 'GetCasedPath', 'GenFakeDiff', 'GIT', 'SVN',
         'ValidateEmail',
-        'cStringIO', 'determine_scm', 'gclient_utils', 'glob', 'logging', 'os',
-        're', 'subprocess2', 'sys', 'tempfile', 'time',
+        'cStringIO', 'determine_scm', 'gclient_utils', 'glob', 'logging',
+        'only_int', 'os', 're', 'subprocess2', 'sys', 'tempfile', 'time',
     ]
     # If this test fails, you should add the relevant test.
     self.compareMembers(scm, members)
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ class GitWrapperTestCase(BaseSCMTestCase):
         'GenerateDiff', 'GetBranch', 'GetBranchRef', 'GetCheckoutRoot',
         'GetDifferentFiles', 'GetEmail', 'GetPatchName', 'GetSVNBranch',
         'GetUpstreamBranch', 'IsGitSvn', 'MatchSvnGlob', 'ShortBranchName',
+        'current_version',
     ]
     # If this test fails, you should add the relevant test.
     self.compareMembers(scm.GIT, members)