diff --git a/src/main/scala/sbt/BasicProjectTypes.scala b/src/main/scala/sbt/BasicProjectTypes.scala
index 2669b1664..038a9215e 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/sbt/BasicProjectTypes.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/sbt/BasicProjectTypes.scala
@@ -267,7 +267,12 @@ trait BasicManagedProject extends ManagedProject with ReflectiveManagedProject w
 	def defaultConfiguration: Option[Configuration] = Some(Configurations.DefaultConfiguration(useDefaultConfigurations))
 	def useMavenConfigurations = true // TODO: deprecate after going through a minor version series to verify that this works ok
 	def useDefaultConfigurations = useMavenConfigurations
-	def managedStyle: ManagedType = Auto
+	def managedStyle: ManagedType = 
+		info.parent match
+		{
+			case Some(m: BasicManagedProject) => m.managedStyle
+			case _ => Auto
+		}
 	protected implicit final val defaultPatterns: RepositoryHelpers.Patterns =
 	{
 		managedStyle match
@@ -396,18 +401,20 @@ trait BasicManagedProject extends ManagedProject with ReflectiveManagedProject w
 		def configurations: Option[Iterable[Configuration]] = None
 	}
 	
+	def packageToPublishActions: Seq[ManagedTask] = Nil
+	
 	private[this] def depMap[T](f: BasicManagedProject => T) =
 		topologicalSort.dropRight(1).flatMap { case m: BasicManagedProject => f(m) :: Nil; case _ => Nil }
 	
 	lazy val update = updateAction
-	lazy val makePom = makePomAction
+	lazy val makePom = makePomAction dependsOn(packageToPublishActions : _*)
 	lazy val cleanLib = cleanLibAction
 	lazy val cleanCache = cleanCacheAction
 	// deliver must run after its dependencies' `publish` so that the artifacts produced by the dependencies can be resolved
 	//  (deliver requires a resolve first)
-	lazy val deliverLocal: Task = deliverLocalAction dependsOn(depMap(_.publishLocal) : _*)
+	lazy val deliverLocal: Task = deliverLocalAction dependsOn((depMap(_.publishLocal) ++ packageToPublishActions) : _*)
 	lazy val publishLocal: Task = publishLocalAction
-	lazy val deliver: Task = deliverAction dependsOn(depMap(_.publish) : _*)
+	lazy val deliver: Task = deliverAction dependsOn((depMap(_.publish) ++ packageToPublishActions)  : _*)
 	lazy val publish: Task = publishAction
 }
 
diff --git a/src/main/scala/sbt/DefaultProject.scala b/src/main/scala/sbt/DefaultProject.scala
index b08419246..310b51bf7 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/sbt/DefaultProject.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/sbt/DefaultProject.scala
@@ -248,9 +248,7 @@ abstract class BasicScalaProject extends ScalaProject with BasicDependencyProjec
 	protected def defaultTestTask(testOptions: => Seq[TestOption]) =
 		testTask(testFrameworks, testClasspath, testCompileConditional.analysis, testOptions).dependsOn(testCompile) describedAs TestDescription
 		
-	override protected def makePomAction = super.makePomAction dependsOn(`package`)
-	override protected def deliverLocalAction = super.deliverLocalAction dependsOn(`package`)
-	override protected def deliverAction = super.deliverAction dependsOn(`package`)
+	override def packageToPublishActions: Seq[ManagedTask] = `package` :: Nil
 	
 	protected def packageAction = packageTask(packagePaths, jarPath, packageOptions).dependsOn(compile) describedAs PackageDescription
 	protected def packageTestAction = packageTask(packageTestPaths, packageTestJar).dependsOn(testCompile) describedAs TestPackageDescription
diff --git a/src/main/scala/sbt/ManageDependencies.scala b/src/main/scala/sbt/ManageDependencies.scala
index 76f293543..a0703dc4b 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/sbt/ManageDependencies.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/sbt/ManageDependencies.scala
@@ -368,7 +368,7 @@ object ManageDependencies
 		val module = toDefaultModuleDescriptor(md)
 		val parser = new CustomXmlParser.CustomParser(ivy.getSettings)
 		parser.setMd(module)
-		val defaultConf = if(defaultConfiguration.contains("->")) defaultConfiguration else (defaultConfiguration + "->default")
+		val defaultConf = if(defaultConfiguration.contains("->")) defaultConfiguration else (defaultConfiguration + "->default(compile)")
 		parser.setDefaultConf(defaultConf)
 		addDependencies(module, extraDependencies, parser)
 		module
diff --git a/src/sbt-test/dependency-management/publish-local/project/build.properties b/src/sbt-test/dependency-management/publish-local/project/build.properties
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5a5bc0dec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/sbt-test/dependency-management/publish-local/project/build.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+project.name=Publish Test
+project.version=1.0
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/sbt-test/dependency-management/publish-local/project/build/MultiPublishTest.scala b/src/sbt-test/dependency-management/publish-local/project/build/MultiPublishTest.scala
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..af013d8ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/sbt-test/dependency-management/publish-local/project/build/MultiPublishTest.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+import sbt._
+
+class MultiPublishTest(info: ProjectInfo) extends ParentProject(info)
+{
+	override def managedStyle =
+		if(path("mavenStyle").exists)
+			ManagedStyle.Maven
+		else
+			ManagedStyle.Auto
+	def ivyCacheDirectory = outputPath / "ivy-cache"
+	override def updateOptions =  CacheDirectory(ivyCacheDirectory) :: super.updateOptions.toList
+	
+	lazy val sub = project("sub", "Sub Project", new SubProject(_))
+	class SubProject(info: ProjectInfo) extends DefaultProject(info)
+	{
+		override def managedStyle =
+			if(path("mavenStyle").exists)
+				ManagedStyle.Maven
+			else
+				ManagedStyle.Auto
+		val publishTo = "Scala Tools Nexus" at (outputPath / "test-repo").absolutePath
+	}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/sbt-test/dependency-management/publish-local/test b/src/sbt-test/dependency-management/publish-local/test
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ce87c08b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/sbt-test/dependency-management/publish-local/test
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+> publish-local
+[success]
+
+> clean [success]
+$ touch mavenStyle [success]
+$ reload [success]
+> publish-local
+[success]
+
+> clean [success]
+$ touch sub/mavenStyle [success]
+$ reload [success]
+> publish-local
+[success]
+
+> clean [success]
+$ delete mavenStyle [success]
+$ reload [success]
+> publish-local
+[success]
\ No newline at end of file