1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/scripts/lib/recipetool/create.py b/scripts/lib/recipetool/create.py
index 5cd72ea0a7..a6607b97c6 100644
--- a/scripts/lib/recipetool/create.py
+++ b/scripts/lib/recipetool/create.py
@@ -389,6 +389,9 @@ def reformat_git_uri(uri):
                 parms.update({('protocol', 'ssh')})
         elif (scheme == "http" or scheme == 'https' or scheme == 'ssh') and not ('protocol' in parms):
             parms.update({('protocol', scheme)})
+        # We assume 'master' branch if not set
+        if not 'branch' in parms:
+            parms.update({('branch', 'master')})
         # Always append 'git://'
         fUrl = bb.fetch2.encodeurl(('git', host, path, user, pswd, parms))
         return fUrl