diff --git a/poky/scripts/lib/recipetool/create.py b/poky/scripts/lib/recipetool/create.py
index 5a267fb..507a230 100644
--- a/poky/scripts/lib/recipetool/create.py
+++ b/poky/scripts/lib/recipetool/create.py
@@ -366,7 +366,7 @@
 def reformat_git_uri(uri):
     '''Convert any http[s]://....git URI into git://...;protocol=http[s]'''
     checkuri = uri.split(';', 1)[0]
-    if checkuri.endswith('.git') or '/git/' in checkuri or re.match('https?://github.com/[^/]+/[^/]+/?$', checkuri):
+    if checkuri.endswith('.git') or '/git/' in checkuri or re.match('https?://git(hub|lab).com/[^/]+/[^/]+/?$', checkuri):
         # Appends scheme if the scheme is missing
         if not '://' in uri:
             uri = 'git://' + uri
@@ -478,6 +478,9 @@
             storeTagName = params['tag']
             params['nobranch'] = '1'
             del params['tag']
+        # Assume 'master' branch if not set
+        if scheme in ['git', 'gitsm'] and 'branch' not in params and 'nobranch' not in params:
+            params['branch'] = 'master'
         fetchuri = bb.fetch2.encodeurl((scheme, network, path, user, passwd, params))
 
         tmpparent = tinfoil.config_data.getVar('BASE_WORKDIR')
@@ -527,10 +530,9 @@
             # Remove HEAD reference point and drop remote prefix
             get_branch = [x.split('/', 1)[1] for x in get_branch if not x.startswith('origin/HEAD')]
             if 'master' in get_branch:
-                # If it is master, we do not need to append 'branch=master' as this is default.
                 # Even with the case where get_branch has multiple objects, if 'master' is one
                 # of them, we should default take from 'master'
-                srcbranch = ''
+                srcbranch = 'master'
             elif len(get_branch) == 1:
                 # If 'master' isn't in get_branch and get_branch contains only ONE object, then store result into 'srcbranch'
                 srcbranch = get_branch[0]
@@ -543,8 +545,8 @@
         # Since we might have a value in srcbranch, we need to
         # recontruct the srcuri to include 'branch' in params.
         scheme, network, path, user, passwd, params = bb.fetch2.decodeurl(srcuri)
-        if srcbranch:
-            params['branch'] = srcbranch
+        if scheme in ['git', 'gitsm']:
+            params['branch'] = srcbranch or 'master'
 
         if storeTagName and scheme in ['git', 'gitsm']:
             # Check srcrev using tag and check validity of the tag
@@ -603,7 +605,7 @@
                     splitline = line.split()
                     if len(splitline) > 1:
                         if splitline[0] == 'origin' and scriptutils.is_src_url(splitline[1]):
-                            srcuri = reformat_git_uri(splitline[1])
+                            srcuri = reformat_git_uri(splitline[1]) + ';branch=master'
                             srcsubdir = 'git'
                             break
 
@@ -917,6 +919,22 @@
     else:
         return value
 
+def fixup_license(value):
+    # Ensure licenses with OR starts and ends with brackets
+    if '|' in value:
+        return '(' + value + ')'
+    return value
+
+def tidy_licenses(value):
+    """Flat, split and sort licenses"""
+    from oe.license import flattened_licenses
+    def _choose(a, b):
+        str_a, str_b  = sorted((" & ".join(a), " & ".join(b)), key=str.casefold)
+        return ["(%s | %s)" % (str_a, str_b)]
+    if not isinstance(value, str):
+        value = " & ".join(value)
+    return sorted(list(set(flattened_licenses(value, _choose))), key=str.casefold)
+
 def handle_license_vars(srctree, lines_before, handled, extravalues, d):
     lichandled = [x for x in handled if x[0] == 'license']
     if lichandled:
@@ -930,10 +948,13 @@
     lines = []
     if licvalues:
         for licvalue in licvalues:
-            if not licvalue[0] in licenses:
-                licenses.append(licvalue[0])
+            license = licvalue[0]
+            lics = tidy_licenses(fixup_license(license))
+            lics = [lic for lic in lics if lic not in licenses]
+            if len(lics):
+                licenses.extend(lics)
             lic_files_chksum.append('file://%s;md5=%s' % (licvalue[1], licvalue[2]))
-            if licvalue[0] == 'Unknown':
+            if license == 'Unknown':
                 lic_unknown.append(licvalue[1])
         if lic_unknown:
             lines.append('#')
@@ -942,9 +963,7 @@
             for licfile in lic_unknown:
                 lines.append('#   %s' % licfile)
 
-    extra_license = split_value(extravalues.pop('LICENSE', []))
-    if '&' in extra_license:
-        extra_license.remove('&')
+    extra_license = tidy_licenses(extravalues.pop('LICENSE', ''))
     if extra_license:
         if licenses == ['Unknown']:
             licenses = extra_license
@@ -985,7 +1004,7 @@
         lines.append('# instead of &. If there is any doubt, check the accompanying documentation')
         lines.append('# to determine which situation is applicable.')
 
-    lines.append('LICENSE = "%s"' % ' & '.join(licenses))
+    lines.append('LICENSE = "%s"' % ' & '.join(sorted(licenses, key=str.casefold)))
     lines.append('LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "%s"' % ' \\\n                    '.join(lic_files_chksum))
     lines.append('')
 
@@ -1199,7 +1218,7 @@
                     fullpath = os.path.join(root, fn)
                     if not fullpath in licfiles:
                         licfiles.append(fullpath)
-    for licfile in licfiles:
+    for licfile in sorted(licfiles):
         md5value = bb.utils.md5_file(licfile)
         license = md5sums.get(md5value, None)
         if not license:
@@ -1224,6 +1243,7 @@
     """
     pkglicenses = {pn: []}
     for license, licpath, _ in licvalues:
+        license = fixup_license(license)
         for pkgname, pkgpath in packages.items():
             if licpath.startswith(pkgpath + '/'):
                 if pkgname in pkglicenses:
@@ -1236,11 +1256,14 @@
             pkglicenses[pn].append(license)
     outlicenses = {}
     for pkgname in packages:
-        license = ' '.join(list(set(pkglicenses.get(pkgname, ['Unknown'])))) or 'Unknown'
+        # Assume AND operator between license files
+        license = ' & '.join(list(set(pkglicenses.get(pkgname, ['Unknown'])))) or 'Unknown'
         if license == 'Unknown' and pkgname in fallback_licenses:
             license = fallback_licenses[pkgname]
+        licenses = tidy_licenses(license)
+        license = ' & '.join(licenses)
         outlines.append('LICENSE:%s = "%s"' % (pkgname, license))
-        outlicenses[pkgname] = license.split()
+        outlicenses[pkgname] = licenses
     return outlicenses
 
 def read_pkgconfig_provides(d):