2 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/devtool.py b/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/devtool.py
index 2e4b6dada3..fe9f7f77a4 100644
--- a/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/devtool.py
+++ b/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/devtool.py
@@ -301,6 +301,7 @@ class DevtoolTests(DevtoolBase):
         result = runCmd('devtool add %s %s -f %s' % (testrecipe, srcdir, url))
         self.assertTrue(os.path.exists(os.path.join(self.workspacedir, 'conf', 'layer.conf')), 'Workspace directory not created. %s' % result.output)
         self.assertTrue(os.path.isfile(os.path.join(srcdir, 'setup.py')), 'Unable to find setup.py in source directory')
+        self.assertTrue(os.path.isdir(os.path.join(srcdir, '.git')), 'git repository for external source tree was not created')
         # Test devtool status
         result = runCmd('devtool status')
         self.assertIn(testrecipe, result.output)
@@ -394,6 +395,7 @@ class DevtoolTests(DevtoolBase):
         result = runCmd('devtool add %s' % url)
         self.assertTrue(os.path.exists(os.path.join(self.workspacedir, 'conf', 'layer.conf')), 'Workspace directory not created. %s' % result.output)
         self.assertTrue(os.path.isfile(os.path.join(srcdir, 'configure')), 'Unable to find configure script in source directory')
+        self.assertTrue(os.path.isdir(os.path.join(srcdir, '.git')), 'git repository for external source tree was not created')
         # Test devtool status
         result = runCmd('devtool status')
         self.assertIn(testrecipe, result.output)
diff --git a/scripts/lib/devtool/standard.py b/scripts/lib/devtool/standard.py
index 9ac2ad57a8..f3f3e98d2f 100644
--- a/scripts/lib/devtool/standard.py
+++ b/scripts/lib/devtool/standard.py
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ def add(args, config, basepath, workspace):
     for fn in os.listdir(recipedir):
         _add_md5(config, recipename, os.path.join(recipedir, fn))
 
-    if args.fetch and not args.no_git:
+    if args.fetchuri and not args.no_git:
         setup_git_repo(srctree, args.version, 'devtool')
 
     initial_rev = None