diff --git a/poky/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch2/git.py b/poky/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch2/git.py
index 578edc5..2e3d325 100644
--- a/poky/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch2/git.py
+++ b/poky/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch2/git.py
@@ -44,7 +44,8 @@
 
 - nobranch
    Don't check the SHA validation for branch. set this option for the recipe
-   referring to commit which is valid in tag instead of branch.
+   referring to commit which is valid in any namespace (branch, tag, ...)
+   instead of branch.
    The default is "0", set nobranch=1 if needed.
 
 - usehead
@@ -382,7 +383,11 @@
               runfetchcmd("%s remote rm origin" % ud.basecmd, d, workdir=ud.clonedir)
 
             runfetchcmd("%s remote add --mirror=fetch origin %s" % (ud.basecmd, shlex.quote(repourl)), d, workdir=ud.clonedir)
-            fetch_cmd = "LANG=C %s fetch -f --progress %s refs/*:refs/*" % (ud.basecmd, shlex.quote(repourl))
+
+            if ud.nobranch:
+                fetch_cmd = "LANG=C %s fetch -f --progress %s refs/*:refs/*" % (ud.basecmd, shlex.quote(repourl))
+            else:
+                fetch_cmd = "LANG=C %s fetch -f --progress %s refs/heads/*:refs/heads/* refs/tags/*:refs/tags/*" % (ud.basecmd, shlex.quote(repourl))
             if ud.proto.lower() != 'file':
                 bb.fetch2.check_network_access(d, fetch_cmd, ud.url)
             progresshandler = GitProgressHandler(d)
diff --git a/poky/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch2/wget.py b/poky/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch2/wget.py
index 821afa5..696e918 100644
--- a/poky/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch2/wget.py
+++ b/poky/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch2/wget.py
@@ -341,7 +341,8 @@
             opener = urllib.request.build_opener(*handlers)
 
             try:
-                uri = ud.url.split(";")[0]
+                uri_base = ud.url.split(";")[0]
+                uri = "{}://{}{}".format(urllib.parse.urlparse(uri_base).scheme, ud.host, ud.path)
                 r = urllib.request.Request(uri)
                 r.get_method = lambda: "HEAD"
                 # Some servers (FusionForge, as used on Alioth) require that the
@@ -644,10 +645,10 @@
             # search for version matches on folders inside the path, like:
             # "5.7" in http://download.gnome.org/sources/${PN}/5.7/${PN}-${PV}.tar.gz
             dirver_regex = re.compile(r"(?P<dirver>[^/]*(\d+\.)*\d+([-_]r\d+)*)/")
-            m = dirver_regex.search(path)
+            m = dirver_regex.findall(path)
             if m:
                 pn = d.getVar('PN')
-                dirver = m.group('dirver')
+                dirver = m[-1][0]
 
                 dirver_pn_regex = re.compile(r"%s\d?" % (re.escape(pn)))
                 if not dirver_pn_regex.search(dirver):