92 files changed, 97 insertions, 97 deletions

diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-support/ace-cloud-editor/ace-cloud-editor_git.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-support/ace-cloud-editor/ace-cloud-editor_git.bb
index 4ea6c8a295..8df94d91e2 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-support/ace-cloud-editor/ace-cloud-editor_git.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-support/ace-cloud-editor/ace-cloud-editor_git.bb
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ SUMMARY = "Ace is a code editor written in JavaScript. This repository has only
 LICENSE = "BSD-3-Clause"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://LICENSE;md5=794d11c5219c59c9efa2487c2b4066b2"
 
-SRC_URI = "git://github.com/ajaxorg/ace-builds.git;protocol=https"
+SRC_URI = "git://github.com/ajaxorg/ace-builds.git;protocol=https;branch=master"
 
 PV = "02.07.17+git${SRCPV}"
 SRCREV = "812e2c56aed246931a667f16c28b096e34597016"
diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-support/avro/avro-c_1.9.2.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-support/avro/avro-c_1.9.2.bb
index 0642179fb3..e85f341f1f 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-support/avro/avro-c_1.9.2.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-support/avro/avro-c_1.9.2.bb
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ DEPENDS = "jansson zlib xz"
 
 BRANCH = "branch-1.9"
 SRCREV = "bf20128ca6138a830b2ea13e0490f3df6b035639"
-SRC_URI = "git://github.com/apache/avro;branch=${BRANCH} \
+SRC_URI = "git://github.com/apache/avro;branch=${BRANCH};protocol=https \
            file://0001-cmake-Use-GNUInstallDirs-instead-of-hard-coded-paths.patch;patchdir=../../ \
           "
 
diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-support/bdwgc/bdwgc_8.0.4.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-support/bdwgc/bdwgc_8.0.4.bb
index 407de21385..d7d0b9c154 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-support/bdwgc/bdwgc_8.0.4.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-support/bdwgc/bdwgc_8.0.4.bb
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://README.QUICK;md5=81b447d779e278628c843aef92f088fa"
 DEPENDS = "libatomic-ops"
 
 SRCREV = "d3dede3ce4462cd82a15f161af797ca51654546a"
-SRC_URI = "git://github.com/ivmai/bdwgc.git;branch=release-8_0"
+SRC_URI = "git://github.com/ivmai/bdwgc.git;branch=release-8_0;protocol=https"
 
 S = "${WORKDIR}/git"
 
diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-support/c-ares/c-ares_1.16.1.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-support/c-ares/c-ares_1.16.1.bb
index 36bb9be172..2388047e5c 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-support/c-ares/c-ares_1.16.1.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-support/c-ares/c-ares_1.16.1.bb
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://LICENSE.md;md5=fb997454c8d62aa6a47f07a8cd48b006"
 PV = "1.16.0+gitr${SRCPV}"
 
 SRC_URI = "\
-    git://github.com/c-ares/c-ares.git \
+    git://github.com/c-ares/c-ares.git;branch=master;protocol=https \
     file://cmake-install-libcares.pc.patch \
     file://0001-fix-configure-error-mv-libcares.pc.cmakein-to-libcar.patch \
     file://ares_expand_name-should-escape-more-characters.patch \
diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-support/ceres-solver/ceres-solver_1.14.0.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-support/ceres-solver/ceres-solver_1.14.0.bb
index 105610be5a..e0e50366d4 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-support/ceres-solver/ceres-solver_1.14.0.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-support/ceres-solver/ceres-solver_1.14.0.bb
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://LICENSE;md5=35e00f0c4c96a0820a03e0b31e6416be"
 
 DEPENDS = "libeigen glog"
 
-SRC_URI = "git://github.com/ceres-solver/ceres-solver.git"
+SRC_URI = "git://github.com/ceres-solver/ceres-solver.git;branch=master;protocol=https"
 SRCREV = "facb199f3eda902360f9e1d5271372b7e54febe1"
 
 S = "${WORKDIR}/git"
diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-support/cli11/cli11_1.8.0.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-support/cli11/cli11_1.8.0.bb
index dd129cbec9..9e1c2d6214 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-support/cli11/cli11_1.8.0.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-support/cli11/cli11_1.8.0.bb
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://LICENSE;md5=b73927b18d5c6cd8d2ed28a6ad539733"
 SRCREV = "13becaddb657eacd090537719a669d66d393b8b2"
 PV .= "+git${SRCPV}"
 
-SRC_URI += "gitsm://github.com/CLIUtils/CLI11 \
+SRC_URI += "gitsm://github.com/CLIUtils/CLI11;branch=master;protocol=https \
             file://0001-Add-CLANG_TIDY-check.patch \
             file://0001-Use-GNUInstallDirs-instead-of-hard-coded-path.patch \
            "
diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-support/cmark/cmark_git.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-support/cmark/cmark_git.bb
index f74a39b500..4f07beb317 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-support/cmark/cmark_git.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-support/cmark/cmark_git.bb
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ HOMEPAGE = "https://github.com/commonmark/cmark"
 LICENSE = "BSD-2-Clause & MIT"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=81f9cae6293cc0345a9144b78152ab62"
 
-SRC_URI = "git://github.com/commonmark/cmark.git"
+SRC_URI = "git://github.com/commonmark/cmark.git;branch=master;protocol=https"
 SRCREV = "8daa6b1495124f0b67e6034130e12d7be83e38bd"
 S = "${WORKDIR}/git"
 
diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-support/daemonize/daemonize_git.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-support/daemonize/daemonize_git.bb
index c76632781a..f46dec59fc 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-support/daemonize/daemonize_git.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-support/daemonize/daemonize_git.bb
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ PV = "1.7.8"
 inherit autotools
 
 SRCREV = "18869a797dab12bf1c917ba3b4782fef484c407c"
-SRC_URI = "git://github.com/bmc/daemonize.git \
+SRC_URI = "git://github.com/bmc/daemonize.git;branch=master;protocol=https \
 "
 
 S = "${WORKDIR}/git"
diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-support/digitemp/digitemp_3.7.2.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-support/digitemp/digitemp_3.7.2.bb
index 9fcc278d35..cac2b4fd61 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-support/digitemp/digitemp_3.7.2.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-support/digitemp/digitemp_3.7.2.bb
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ DEPENDS = "libusb1"
 LICENSE = "GPLv2"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=44fee82a1d2ed0676cf35478283e0aa0"
 
-SRC_URI = "git://github.com/bcl/digitemp"
+SRC_URI = "git://github.com/bcl/digitemp;branch=master;protocol=https"
 
 SRCREV = "a162e63aad35358aab325388f3d5e88121606419"
 
diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-support/dstat/dstat_0.7.4.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-support/dstat/dstat_0.7.4.bb
index 0e314b8ee5..18c3cdf82c 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-support/dstat/dstat_0.7.4.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-support/dstat/dstat_0.7.4.bb
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=b234ee4d69f5fce4486a80fdaf4a4263"
 
 DEPENDS += "asciidoc-native xmlto-native"
 
-SRC_URI = "git://github.com/dagwieers/dstat.git \
+SRC_URI = "git://github.com/dagwieers/dstat.git;branch=master;protocol=https \
            file://0001-change-dstat-to-python3.patch \
           "
 
diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-support/epeg/epeg_git.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-support/epeg/epeg_git.bb
index 8ca574014b..bdffe4ba78 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-support/epeg/epeg_git.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-support/epeg/epeg_git.bb
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=e7732a9290ea1e4b034fdc15cf49968d \
                     file://COPYING-PLAIN;md5=f59cacc08235a546b0c34a5422133035"
 DEPENDS = "jpeg libexif"
 
-SRC_URI = "git://github.com/mattes/epeg.git"
+SRC_URI = "git://github.com/mattes/epeg.git;branch=master;protocol=https"
 SRCREV = "9a175cd67eaa61fe45413d8da82da72936567047"
 S = "${WORKDIR}/git"
 
diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-support/fmt/fmt_6.2.0.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-support/fmt/fmt_6.2.0.bb
index 05dc94a990..1a05f0d547 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-support/fmt/fmt_6.2.0.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-support/fmt/fmt_6.2.0.bb
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ HOMEPAGE = "https://fmt.dev"
 LICENSE = "MIT"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://LICENSE.rst;md5=af88d758f75f3c5c48a967501f24384b"
 
-SRC_URI += "git://github.com/fmtlib/fmt"
+SRC_URI += "git://github.com/fmtlib/fmt;branch=master;protocol=https"
 SRCREV = "9bdd1596cef1b57b9556f8bef32dc4a32322ef3e"
 
 S = "${WORKDIR}/git"
diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-support/freerdp/freerdp_git.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-support/freerdp/freerdp_git.bb
index 82ef561fbe..309acfbffc 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-support/freerdp/freerdp_git.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-support/freerdp/freerdp_git.bb
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ PKGV = "${GITPKGVTAG}"
 
 # 2.0.0 release
 SRCREV = "5ab2bed8749747b8e4b2ed431fd102bc726be684"
-SRC_URI = "git://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP.git \
+SRC_URI = "git://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP.git;branch=master;protocol=https \
     file://winpr-makecert-Build-with-install-RPATH.patch \
 "
 
diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-support/function2/function2_4.0.0.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-support/function2/function2_4.0.0.bb
index 556a25aa14..07aa669375 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-support/function2/function2_4.0.0.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-support/function2/function2_4.0.0.bb
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://LICENSE.txt;md5=e4224ccaecb14d942c71d31bef20d78c"
 SRCREV = "d2acdb6c3c7612a6133cd03464ef941161258f4e"
 PV .= "+git${SRCPV}"
 
-SRC_URI += "gitsm://github.com/Naios/function2"
+SRC_URI += "gitsm://github.com/Naios/function2;branch=master;protocol=https"
 
 S = "${WORKDIR}/git"
 
diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-support/gd/gd_2.3.0.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-support/gd/gd_2.3.0.bb
index eec8a05ae8..8adb7db4d1 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-support/gd/gd_2.3.0.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-support/gd/gd_2.3.0.bb
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=8e5bc8627b9494741c905d65238c66b7"
 
 DEPENDS = "freetype libpng jpeg zlib tiff"
 
-SRC_URI = "git://github.com/libgd/libgd.git;branch=master \
+SRC_URI = "git://github.com/libgd/libgd.git;branch=master;protocol=https \
           "
 
 SRCREV = "b079fa06223c3ab862c8f0eea58a968727971988"
diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-support/gflags/gflags_2.2.2.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-support/gflags/gflags_2.2.2.bb
index 6eea0c00ec..4379c2d9e1 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-support/gflags/gflags_2.2.2.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-support/gflags/gflags_2.2.2.bb
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ HOMEPAGE = "https://github.com/gflags/gflags"
 LICENSE = "BSD-3-Clause"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING.txt;md5=c80d1a3b623f72bb85a4c75b556551df"
 
-SRC_URI = "git://github.com/gflags/gflags.git"
+SRC_URI = "git://github.com/gflags/gflags.git;branch=master;protocol=https"
 SRCREV = "e171aa2d15ed9eb17054558e0b3a6a413bb01067"
 
 S = "${WORKDIR}/git"
diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-support/glog/glog_0.3.5.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-support/glog/glog_0.3.5.bb
index 56bf515544..55ca838cd7 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-support/glog/glog_0.3.5.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-support/glog/glog_0.3.5.bb
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ LICENSE = "BSD-3-Clause"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=dc9db360e0bbd4e46672f3fd91dd6c4b"
 
 SRC_URI = " \
-    git://github.com/google/glog.git;nobranch=1 \
+    git://github.com/google/glog.git;nobranch=1;protocol=https \
     file://0001-Rework-CMake-glog-VERSION-management.patch \
     file://0002-Find-Libunwind-during-configure.patch \
     file://0003-installation-path-fix.patch \
diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-support/gnulib/gnulib_2018-03-07.03.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-support/gnulib/gnulib_2018-03-07.03.bb
index 146747eee1..ac46b5676c 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-support/gnulib/gnulib_2018-03-07.03.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-support/gnulib/gnulib_2018-03-07.03.bb
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ LICENSE = "LGPLv2+"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=56a22a6e5bcce45e2c8ac184f81412b5"
 SRCREV = "0d6e3307bbdb8df4d56043d5f373eeeffe4cbef3"
 
-SRC_URI = "git://git.sv.gnu.org/gnulib.git \
+SRC_URI = "git://git.sv.gnu.org/gnulib.git;branch=master \
 "
 
 S = "${WORKDIR}/git"
diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-support/gperftools/gperftools_2.7.90.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-support/gperftools/gperftools_2.7.90.bb
index b7b7839313..1a1f7db5cf 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-support/gperftools/gperftools_2.7.90.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-support/gperftools/gperftools_2.7.90.bb
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ LICENSE = "BSD-3-Clause"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=762732742c73dc6c7fbe8632f06c059a"
 
 SRCREV = "db7aa547abb5abdd558587a15502584cbc825438"
-SRC_URI = "git://github.com/gperftools/gperftools \
+SRC_URI = "git://github.com/gperftools/gperftools;branch=master;protocol=https \
            file://0001-Support-Atomic-ops-on-clang.patch \
            file://0001-fix-build-with-musl-libc.patch \
            file://0001-disbale-heap-checkers-and-debug-allocator-on-musl.patch \
diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-support/gpm/gpm_git.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-support/gpm/gpm_git.bb
index 3800d147f9..6bf071d89e 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-support/gpm/gpm_git.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-support/gpm/gpm_git.bb
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ SRCREV = "1fd19417b8a4dd9945347e98dfa97e4cfd798d77"
 
 DEPENDS = "ncurses bison-native"
 
-SRC_URI = "git://github.com/telmich/gpm;protocol=git \
+SRC_URI = "git://github.com/telmich/gpm;protocol=https;branch=master \
            file://init \
            file://gpm.service.in \
            file://0001-Use-sigemptyset-API-instead-of-__sigemptyset.patch \
diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-support/hidapi/hidapi_git.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-support/hidapi/hidapi_git.bb
index a34797ff51..1cc3acac2c 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-support/hidapi/hidapi_git.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-support/hidapi/hidapi_git.bb
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ DEPENDS = "libusb udev"
 PV = "0.7.99+0.8.0-rc1+git${SRCPV}"
 
 SRCREV = "d17db57b9d4354752e0af42f5f33007a42ef2906"
-SRC_URI = "git://github.com/signal11/hidapi.git"
+SRC_URI = "git://github.com/signal11/hidapi.git;branch=master;protocol=https"
 
 S = "${WORKDIR}/git"
 
diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-support/hunspell/hunspell-dictionaries.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-support/hunspell/hunspell-dictionaries.bb
index 3da67d1e3a..2e902ca4cb 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-support/hunspell/hunspell-dictionaries.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-support/hunspell/hunspell-dictionaries.bb
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ RDEPENDS_${PN} = "hunspell"
 
 PV = "0.0.0+git${SRCPV}"
 SRCREV = "820a65e539e34a3a8c2a855d2450b84745c624ee"
-SRC_URI = "git://github.com/wooorm/dictionaries.git"
+SRC_URI = "git://github.com/wooorm/dictionaries.git;branch=master;protocol=https"
 
 S = "${WORKDIR}/git"
 
diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-support/hunspell/hunspell_1.7.0.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-support/hunspell/hunspell_1.7.0.bb
index c2fb4fa05b..63d68ea06b 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-support/hunspell/hunspell_1.7.0.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-support/hunspell/hunspell_1.7.0.bb
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = " \
 "
 
 SRCREV = "4ddd8ed5ca6484b930b111aec50c2750a6119a0f"
-SRC_URI = "git://github.com/${BPN}/${BPN}.git"
+SRC_URI = "git://github.com/${BPN}/${BPN}.git;branch=master;protocol=https"
 
 S = "${WORKDIR}/git"
 
diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-support/hwdata/hwdata_git.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-support/hwdata/hwdata_git.bb
index 5f3e3f686a..1d0c640003 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-support/hwdata/hwdata_git.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-support/hwdata/hwdata_git.bb
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://LICENSE;md5=1556547711e8246992b999edd9445a57"
 
 PV = "0.333"
 SRCREV = "2de52be0d00015fa6cde70bb845fa9b86cf6f420"
-SRC_URI = "git://github.com/vcrhonek/${BPN}.git"
+SRC_URI = "git://github.com/vcrhonek/${BPN}.git;branch=master;protocol=https"
 
 S = "${WORKDIR}/git"
 
diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-support/iksemel/iksemel_1.5.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-support/iksemel/iksemel_1.5.bb
index 986984d1ff..ac23630d01 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-support/iksemel/iksemel_1.5.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-support/iksemel/iksemel_1.5.bb
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=d8045f3b8f929c1cb29a1e3fd737b499"
 SRCREV = "978b733462e41efd5db72bc9974cb3b0d1d5f6fa"
 PV = "1.5+git${SRCPV}"
 
-SRC_URI = "git://github.com/meduketto/iksemel.git;protocol=https \
+SRC_URI = "git://github.com/meduketto/iksemel.git;protocol=https;branch=master \
            file://fix-configure-option-parsing.patch \
            file://avoid-obsolete-gnutls-apis.patch"
 
diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-support/imagemagick/imagemagick_7.0.9.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-support/imagemagick/imagemagick_7.0.9.bb
index 3f7d06e261..26a5d4a4d2 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-support/imagemagick/imagemagick_7.0.9.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-support/imagemagick/imagemagick_7.0.9.bb
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ DEPENDS = "lcms bzip2 jpeg libpng tiff zlib fftw freetype libtool"
 
 BASE_PV := "${PV}"
 PV .= "_13"
-SRC_URI = "git://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick.git "
+SRC_URI = "git://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick.git;branch=master;protocol=https"
 SRCREV = "15b935d64f613b5a0fc9d3fead5c6ec1b0e3908f"
 
 S = "${WORKDIR}/git"
diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-support/inih/libinih_git.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-support/inih/libinih_git.bb
index 227e2a7b7c..4c3c8f0fa7 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-support/inih/libinih_git.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-support/inih/libinih_git.bb
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ PR = "r3"
 
 # The github repository provides a cmake and pkg-config integration
 SRCREV = "c858aff8c31fa63ef4d1e0176c10e5928cde9a23"
-SRC_URI = "git://github.com/OSSystems/inih.git \
+SRC_URI = "git://github.com/OSSystems/inih.git;branch=master;protocol=https \
           "
 
 UPSTREAM_CHECK_COMMITS = "1"
diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-support/iniparser/iniparser_4.1.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-support/iniparser/iniparser_4.1.bb
index f4b553a578..f3593fb5ff 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-support/iniparser/iniparser_4.1.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-support/iniparser/iniparser_4.1.bb
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://LICENSE;md5=e02baf71c76e0650e667d7da133379ac"
 
 DEPENDS = "doxygen-native"
 
-SRC_URI = "git://github.com/ndevilla/iniparser.git;protocol=https \
+SRC_URI = "git://github.com/ndevilla/iniparser.git;protocol=https;branch=master \
            file://Add-CMake-support.patch"
 
 # tag 4.1
diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-support/inotify-tools/inotify-tools_git.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-support/inotify-tools/inotify-tools_git.bb
index f42abeb2ba..1d84bfd498 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-support/inotify-tools/inotify-tools_git.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-support/inotify-tools/inotify-tools_git.bb
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=ac6c26e52aea428ee7f56dc2c56424c6"
 SRCREV = "cfa93aa19f81d85b63cd64da30c7499890d4c07d"
 PV = "3.20.2.2"
 
-SRC_URI = "git://github.com/rvoicilas/${BPN} \
+SRC_URI = "git://github.com/rvoicilas/${BPN};branch=master;protocol=https \
            file://0001-Makefile.am-add-build-rule-for-README.patch \
            "
 
diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-support/libatasmart/libatasmart_0.19.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-support/libatasmart/libatasmart_0.19.bb
index 4cfb732932..d084a3b9b1 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-support/libatasmart/libatasmart_0.19.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-support/libatasmart/libatasmart_0.19.bb
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://LGPL;md5=2d5025d4aa3495befef8f17206a5b0a1"
 DEPENDS = "udev"
 
 SRCREV = "de6258940960443038b4c1651dfda3620075e870"
-SRC_URI = "git://git.0pointer.de/libatasmart.git \
+SRC_URI = "git://git.0pointer.de/libatasmart.git;branch=master \
            file://0001-Makefile.am-add-CFLAGS-and-LDFLAGS-definiton.patch \
 "
 
diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-support/libbytesize/libbytesize_2.2.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-support/libbytesize/libbytesize_2.2.bb
index a954499c69..527de93e40 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-support/libbytesize/libbytesize_2.2.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-support/libbytesize/libbytesize_2.2.bb
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ S = "${WORKDIR}/git"
 B = "${S}"
 
 SRCREV = "e64e752a28a4a41b0a43cba3bedf9571c22af807"
-SRC_URI = "git://github.com/rhinstaller/libbytesize;branch=master"
+SRC_URI = "git://github.com/rhinstaller/libbytesize;branch=master;protocol=https"
 
 inherit gettext autotools python3native
 
diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-support/libcereal/libcereal_1.3.0.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-support/libcereal/libcereal_1.3.0.bb
index 6fc5881c59..ac6aedfd50 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-support/libcereal/libcereal_1.3.0.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-support/libcereal/libcereal_1.3.0.bb
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ LICENSE = "BSD-3-Clause"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://LICENSE;md5=e612690af2f575dfd02e2e91443cea23"
 
 SRCREV = "02eace19a99ce3cd564ca4e379753d69af08c2c8"
-SRC_URI = "git://github.com/USCiLab/cereal.git"
+SRC_URI = "git://github.com/USCiLab/cereal.git;branch=master;protocol=https"
 
 S = "${WORKDIR}/git"
 
diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-support/libcyusbserial/libcyusbserial_git.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-support/libcyusbserial/libcyusbserial_git.bb
index 74b5e21e23..c6878577ef 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-support/libcyusbserial/libcyusbserial_git.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-support/libcyusbserial/libcyusbserial_git.bb
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ DEPENDS = "libusb udev"
 PV = "1.0.0+git${SRCPV}"
 
 SRCREV = "655e2d544183d094f0e2d119c7e0c6206a0ddb3f"
-SRC_URI = "git://github.com/cyrozap/${BPN}.git"
+SRC_URI = "git://github.com/cyrozap/${BPN}.git;branch=master;protocol=https"
 
 S = "${WORKDIR}/git"
 
diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-support/libfann/libfann_git.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-support/libfann/libfann_git.bb
index eae24461dc..5ab484d8a5 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-support/libfann/libfann_git.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-support/libfann/libfann_git.bb
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://LICENSE.md;md5=f14599a2f089f6ff8c97e2baa4e3d575"
 inherit cmake
 
 SRCREV ?= "7ec1fc7e5bd734f1d3c89b095e630e83c86b9be1"
-SRC_URI = "git://github.com/libfann/fann.git;branch=master \
+SRC_URI = "git://github.com/libfann/fann.git;branch=master;protocol=https \
           "
 
 PV = "2.2.0+git${SRCPV}"
diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-support/libgit2/libgit2_0.28.4.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-support/libgit2/libgit2_0.28.4.bb
index 9b9c191049..c971491b1c 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-support/libgit2/libgit2_0.28.4.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-support/libgit2/libgit2_0.28.4.bb
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=3f2cd5d3cccd71d62066ba619614592b"
 
 DEPENDS = "curl openssl zlib libssh2 libgcrypt"
 
-SRC_URI = "git://github.com/libgit2/libgit2.git;branch=maint/v0.28"
+SRC_URI = "git://github.com/libgit2/libgit2.git;branch=maint/v0.28;protocol=https"
 SRCREV = "106a5f27586504ea371528191f0ea3aac2ad432b"
 
 S = "${WORKDIR}/git"
diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-support/libgusb/libgusb_git.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-support/libgusb/libgusb_git.bb
index e3c0bdd15e..a26c234652 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-support/libgusb/libgusb_git.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-support/libgusb/libgusb_git.bb
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ DEPENDS = "glib-2.0 libusb"
 
 inherit meson gobject-introspection gtk-doc gettext vala
 
-SRC_URI = "git://github.com/hughsie/libgusb.git"
+SRC_URI = "git://github.com/hughsie/libgusb.git;branch=master;protocol=https"
 SRCREV = "636efc0624aa2a88174220fcabc9764c13d7febf"
 PV = "0.3.0+git${SRCPV}"
 S = "${WORKDIR}/git"
diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-support/libharu/libharu_2.3.0.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-support/libharu/libharu_2.3.0.bb
index 2d1a37c421..86b5ba540f 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-support/libharu/libharu_2.3.0.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-support/libharu/libharu_2.3.0.bb
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ DESCRIPTION = "libHaru is a library for generating PDF files. \
 LICENSE = "Zlib"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://README;md5=3ee6bc1f64d9cc7907f44840c8e50cb1"
 
-SRC_URI = "git://github.com/libharu/libharu.git;branch=2_3 \
+SRC_URI = "git://github.com/libharu/libharu.git;branch=2_3;protocol=https \
            file://libharu-RELEASE_2_3_0_cmake.patch \
            "
 
diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-support/libiio/libiio_git.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-support/libiio/libiio_git.bb
index f83d9c9225..0892a3693e 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-support/libiio/libiio_git.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-support/libiio/libiio_git.bb
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING.txt;md5=7c13b3376cea0ce68d2d2da0a1b3a72c"
 SRCREV = "5f5af2e417129ad8f4e05fc5c1b730f0694dca12"
 PV = "0.19+git${SRCPV}"
 
-SRC_URI = "git://github.com/analogdevicesinc/libiio.git;protocol=https"
+SRC_URI = "git://github.com/analogdevicesinc/libiio.git;protocol=https;branch=master"
 UPSTREAM_CHECK_GITTAGREGEX = "v(?P<pver>\d+(\.\d+)+)"
 
 S = "${WORKDIR}/git"
diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-support/libmimetic/libmimetic_0.9.8.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-support/libmimetic/libmimetic_0.9.8.bb
index 590c4ebc28..fc0b1ee495 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-support/libmimetic/libmimetic_0.9.8.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-support/libmimetic/libmimetic_0.9.8.bb
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ LICENSE = "MIT"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://LICENSE;md5=b49da7df0ca479ef01ff7f2d799eabee"
 
 SRCREV = "50486af99b4f9b35522d7b3de40b6ce107505279"
-SRC_URI += "git://github.com/LadislavSopko/mimetic/ \
+SRC_URI += "git://github.com/LadislavSopko/mimetic/;branch=master;protocol=https \
             file://0001-libmimetic-Removing-test-directory-from-the-Makefile.patch \
             file://0001-mimetic-Check-for-MMAP_FAILED-return-from-mmap.patch \
            "
diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-support/libmxml/libmxml_3.1.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-support/libmxml/libmxml_3.1.bb
index 4e77d6cc02..fd3369d8df 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-support/libmxml/libmxml_3.1.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-support/libmxml/libmxml_3.1.bb
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://LICENSE;md5=86d3f3a95c324c9479bd8986968f4327"
 HOMEPAGE = "https://www.msweet.org/mxml/"
 BUGTRACKER = "https://github.com/michaelrsweet/mxml/issues"
 
-SRC_URI = "git://github.com/michaelrsweet/mxml.git"
+SRC_URI = "git://github.com/michaelrsweet/mxml.git;branch=master;protocol=https"
 SRCREV = "e483e5fd8a33386fd46967681521bdd2da2b548f"
 S = "${WORKDIR}/git"
 
diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-support/libp11/libp11_0.4.10.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-support/libp11/libp11_0.4.10.bb
index 7fe0640d94..142002a262 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-support/libp11/libp11_0.4.10.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-support/libp11/libp11_0.4.10.bb
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ LICENSE = "LGPLv2+"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=fad9b3332be894bab9bc501572864b29"
 DEPENDS = "libtool openssl"
 
-SRC_URI = "git://github.com/OpenSC/libp11.git"
+SRC_URI = "git://github.com/OpenSC/libp11.git;branch=master;protocol=https"
 SRCREV = "973d31f3f58d5549ddd8b1f822ce8f72186f9d68"
 
 UPSTREAM_CHECK_GITTAGREGEX = "libp11-(?P<pver>\d+(\.\d+)+)"
diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-support/librsync/librsync_2.3.1.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-support/librsync/librsync_2.3.1.bb
index 004c93d0f9..fddece8d1f 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-support/librsync/librsync_2.3.1.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-support/librsync/librsync_2.3.1.bb
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ AUTHOR = "Martin Pool, Andrew Tridgell, Donovan Baarda, Adam Schubert"
 LICENSE = "LGPLv2.1+"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=d8045f3b8f929c1cb29a1e3fd737b499"
 
-SRC_URI = "git://github.com/librsync/librsync.git"
+SRC_URI = "git://github.com/librsync/librsync.git;branch=master;protocol=https"
 SRCREV = "27f738650c20fef1285f11d85a34e5094a71c06f"
 S = "${WORKDIR}/git"
 
diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-support/libsoc/libsoc_0.8.2.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-support/libsoc/libsoc_0.8.2.bb
index 8b773aefa5..f6fc0e36b6 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-support/libsoc/libsoc_0.8.2.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-support/libsoc/libsoc_0.8.2.bb
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://LICENCE;md5=e0bfebea12a718922225ba987b2126a5"
 inherit autotools pkgconfig python3-dir
 
 SRCREV = "fd1ad6e7823fa76d8db0d3c5884faffa8ffddafb"
-SRC_URI = "git://github.com/jackmitch/libsoc.git"
+SRC_URI = "git://github.com/jackmitch/libsoc.git;branch=master;protocol=https"
 
 S = "${WORKDIR}/git"
 
diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-support/libteam/libteam_1.30.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-support/libteam/libteam_1.30.bb
index 9cd02b0c09..d04660ca10 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-support/libteam/libteam_1.30.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-support/libteam/libteam_1.30.bb
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=4fbd65380cdd255951079008b364516c"
 
 DEPENDS = "libnl libdaemon jansson"
 
-SRC_URI = "git://github.com/jpirko/libteam \
+SRC_URI = "git://github.com/jpirko/libteam;branch=master;protocol=https \
            file://0001-include-sys-select.h-for-fd_set-definition.patch \
            file://0002-teamd-Re-adjust-include-header-order.patch \
            file://0001-team_basic_test.py-disable-RedHat-specific-test.patch \
diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-support/libtinyxml2/libtinyxml2_8.0.0.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-support/libtinyxml2/libtinyxml2_8.0.0.bb
index a2491cf9e6..2a33284b8a 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-support/libtinyxml2/libtinyxml2_8.0.0.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-support/libtinyxml2/libtinyxml2_8.0.0.bb
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ SECTION = "libs"
 LICENSE = "Zlib"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://LICENSE.txt;md5=135624eef03e1f1101b9ba9ac9b5fffd"
 
-SRC_URI = "git://github.com/leethomason/tinyxml2.git"
+SRC_URI = "git://github.com/leethomason/tinyxml2.git;branch=master;protocol=https"
 
 SRCREV = "bf15233ad88390461f6ab0dbcf046cce643c5fcb"
 
diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-support/libusbg/libusbg_git.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-support/libusbg/libusbg_git.bb
index 97d60a6a8a..6edac56fef 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-support/libusbg/libusbg_git.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-support/libusbg/libusbg_git.bb
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ inherit autotools
 
 PV = "0.1.0"
 SRCREV = "a826d136e0e8fa53815f1ba05893e6dd74208c15"
-SRC_URI = "git://github.com/libusbg/libusbg.git \
+SRC_URI = "git://github.com/libusbg/libusbg.git;branch=master;protocol=https \
            file://0001-Fix-out-of-tree-builds.patch \
           "
 
diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-support/libusbgx/libusbgx_git.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-support/libusbgx/libusbgx_git.bb
index d73ca61060..b88941d6e3 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-support/libusbgx/libusbgx_git.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-support/libusbgx/libusbgx_git.bb
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ PV = "0.2.0+git${SRCPV}"
 SRCREV = "45c14ef4d5d7ced0fbf984208de44ced6d5ed898"
 SRCBRANCH = "master"
 SRC_URI = " \
-    git://github.com/libusbgx/libusbgx.git;branch=${SRCBRANCH} \
+    git://github.com/libusbgx/libusbgx.git;branch=${SRCBRANCH};protocol=https \
     file://gadget-start \
     file://usbgx.initd \
     file://usbgx.service \
diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-support/libutempter/libutempter.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-support/libutempter/libutempter.bb
index b8a700b7b7..d259f166d1 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-support/libutempter/libutempter.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-support/libutempter/libutempter.bb
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=2d5025d4aa3495befef8f17206a5b0a1"
 SRCREV = "3ef74fff310f09e2601e241b9f042cd39d591018"
 PV = "1.1.6-alt2+git${SRCPV}"
 
-SRC_URI = "git://git.altlinux.org/people/ldv/packages/libutempter.git \
+SRC_URI = "git://git.altlinux.org/people/ldv/packages/libutempter.git;branch=master \
            file://0001-Fix-macro-error.patch \
            file://0002-Proper-macro-path-generation.patch \
            file://libutempter-remove-glibc-assumption.patch \
diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-support/lio-utils/lio-utils_4.1.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-support/lio-utils/lio-utils_4.1.bb
index 0fb4a6e516..aab81461a4 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-support/lio-utils/lio-utils_4.1.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-support/lio-utils/lio-utils_4.1.bb
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://debian/copyright;md5=c3ea231a32635cbb5debedf3e88aa3df
 
 PV = "4.1+git${SRCPV}"
 
-SRC_URI = "git://github.com/Datera/lio-utils.git \
+SRC_URI = "git://github.com/Datera/lio-utils.git;branch=master;protocol=https \
            file://0001-Makefiles-Respect-environment-variables-and-add-LDFL.patch \
            "
 SRCREV = "0ac9091c1ff7a52d5435a4f4449e82637142e06e"
diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-support/lvm2/lvm2.inc b/meta-oe/recipes-support/lvm2/lvm2.inc
index 2fe97d5713..d0fb33d118 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-support/lvm2/lvm2.inc
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-support/lvm2/lvm2.inc
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=12713b4d9386533feeb07d6e4831765a \
 
 DEPENDS += "libaio"
 
-SRC_URI = "git://sourceware.org/git/lvm2.git \
+SRC_URI = "git://sourceware.org/git/lvm2.git;branch=master \
            file://lvm.conf \
            file://0001-implement-libc-specific-reopen_stream.patch \
            file://0002-Guard-use-of-mallinfo-with-__GLIBC__.patch \
diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-support/mcelog/mce-inject_git.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-support/mcelog/mce-inject_git.bb
index cc33cbaf28..8241bd2342 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-support/mcelog/mce-inject_git.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-support/mcelog/mce-inject_git.bb
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ software level into a running Linux kernel. This is intended for \
 validation of the kernel machine check handler."
 SECTION = "System Environment/Base"
 
-SRC_URI = "git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/utils/cpu/mce/mce-inject.git"
+SRC_URI = "git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/utils/cpu/mce/mce-inject.git;branch=master"
 
 SRCREV = "4cbe46321b4a81365ff3aafafe63967264dbfec5"
 
diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-support/mcelog/mce-test_git.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-support/mcelog/mce-test_git.bb
index 35fb944702..f245515216 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-support/mcelog/mce-test_git.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-support/mcelog/mce-test_git.bb
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ containment and recovery, ACPI/APEI support etc."
 LICENSE = "GPLv2"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=0636e73ff0215e8d672dc4c32c317bb3"
 
-SRC_URI = "git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/utils/cpu/mce/mce-test.git;protocol=git \
+SRC_URI = "git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/utils/cpu/mce/mce-test.git;protocol=git;branch=master \
            file://makefile-remove-ldflags.patch \
            file://0001-gcov_merge.py-scov_merge.py-switch-to-python3.patch \
           "
diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-support/mcelog/mcelog_168.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-support/mcelog/mcelog_168.bb
index e2ef6ea589..c464132176 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-support/mcelog/mcelog_168.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-support/mcelog/mcelog_168.bb
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ and should run on all Linux systems that need error handling."
 HOMEPAGE = "http://mcelog.org/"
 SECTION = "System Environment/Base"
 
-SRC_URI = "git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/utils/cpu/mce/mcelog.git;protocol=http; \
+SRC_URI = "git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/utils/cpu/mce/mcelog.git;protocol=http;branch=master \
     file://run-ptest \
 "
 
diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-support/multipath-tools/multipath-tools_0.8.4.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-support/multipath-tools/multipath-tools_0.8.4.bb
index 8b0c89338f..3cff3b90e5 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-support/multipath-tools/multipath-tools_0.8.4.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-support/multipath-tools/multipath-tools_0.8.4.bb
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ DEPENDS = "libdevmapper \
 
 LICENSE = "GPLv2"
 
-SRC_URI = "git://git.opensvc.com/multipath-tools/.git;protocol=http \
+SRC_URI = "git://git.opensvc.com/multipath-tools/.git;protocol=http;branch=master \
            file://multipathd.oe \
            file://multipath.conf.example \
            file://0021-RH-fixup-udev-rules-for-redhat.patch \
diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-support/ne10/ne10_1.2.1.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-support/ne10/ne10_1.2.1.bb
index f37ccde1cb..6cb53212a4 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-support/ne10/ne10_1.2.1.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-support/ne10/ne10_1.2.1.bb
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ LICENSE = "BSD-3-Clause"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://LICENSE;md5=e7fe20c9be97be5579e3ab5d92d3a218"
 SECTION = "libs"
 
-SRC_URI = "git://github.com/projectNe10/Ne10.git \
+SRC_URI = "git://github.com/projectNe10/Ne10.git;branch=master;protocol=https \
            file://0001-CMakeLists.txt-Remove-mthumb-interwork.patch \
            file://0001-Dont-specify-march-explicitly.patch \
            "
diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-support/numactl/numactl_git.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-support/numactl/numactl_git.bb
index 20b7fed862..af082237c3 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-support/numactl/numactl_git.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-support/numactl/numactl_git.bb
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://README.md;beginline=19;endline=32;md5=f8ff2391624f28e
 SRCREV = "5d9f16722e3df49dc618a9f361bd482559695db7"
 PV = "2.0.13+git${SRCPV}"
 
-SRC_URI = "git://github.com/numactl/numactl \
+SRC_URI = "git://github.com/numactl/numactl;branch=master;protocol=https \
     file://Fix-the-test-output-format.patch \
     file://Makefile \
     file://run-ptest \
diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-support/open-vm-tools/open-vm-tools_11.0.1.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-support/open-vm-tools/open-vm-tools_11.0.1.bb
index 34a81d21f0..3cf0aa8292 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-support/open-vm-tools/open-vm-tools_11.0.1.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-support/open-vm-tools/open-vm-tools_11.0.1.bb
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ LICENSE_modules/freebsd/vmxnet = "GPL-2.0"
 LICENSE_modules/linux = "GPL-2.0"
 LICENSE_modules/solaris = "CDDL-1.0"
 
-SRC_URI = "git://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools.git;protocol=https \
+SRC_URI = "git://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools.git;protocol=https;branch=master \
     file://tools.conf \
     file://vmtoolsd.service \
     file://vmtoolsd.init \
diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-support/opencl/clinfo_2.2.18.04.06.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-support/opencl/clinfo_2.2.18.04.06.bb
index 9fd88ced95..831b15a455 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-support/opencl/clinfo_2.2.18.04.06.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-support/opencl/clinfo_2.2.18.04.06.bb
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ HOMEPAGE = "https://github.com/Oblomov/clinfo"
 LICENSE = "CC0-1.0"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://LICENSE;md5=fd8857f774dfb0eefe1e80c8f9240a7e"
 
-SRC_URI = "git://github.com/Oblomov/clinfo.git;protocol=https"
+SRC_URI = "git://github.com/Oblomov/clinfo.git;protocol=https;branch=master"
 
 SRCREV = "59d0daf898e48d76ccbb788acbba258fa0a8ba7c"
 
diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-support/opencv/ade_0.1.1f.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-support/opencv/ade_0.1.1f.bb
index 3861802158..7e9bbc31c9 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-support/opencv/ade_0.1.1f.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-support/opencv/ade_0.1.1f.bb
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ and processing framework. ADE Framework is suitable for \
 organizing data flow processing and execution."
 HOMEPAGE = "https://github.com/opencv/ade"
 
-SRC_URI = "git://github.com/opencv/ade.git \
+SRC_URI = "git://github.com/opencv/ade.git;branch=master;protocol=https \
            file://0001-use-GNUInstallDirs-for-detecting-install-paths.patch \
            "
 
diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-support/opencv/opencv_4.1.0.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-support/opencv/opencv_4.1.0.bb
index 19d5d0c891..d7a0158749 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-support/opencv/opencv_4.1.0.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-support/opencv/opencv_4.1.0.bb
@@ -37,12 +37,12 @@ IPP_FILENAME = "${@ipp_filename(d)}"
 IPP_MD5 = "${@ipp_md5sum(d)}"
 
 SRCREV_FORMAT = "opencv_contrib_ipp_boostdesc_vgg"
-SRC_URI = "git://github.com/opencv/opencv.git;name=opencv \
-           git://github.com/opencv/opencv_contrib.git;destsuffix=contrib;name=contrib \
-           git://github.com/opencv/opencv_3rdparty.git;branch=ippicv/master_20180723;destsuffix=ipp;name=ipp \
-           git://github.com/opencv/opencv_3rdparty.git;branch=contrib_xfeatures2d_boostdesc_20161012;destsuffix=boostdesc;name=boostdesc \
-           git://github.com/opencv/opencv_3rdparty.git;branch=contrib_xfeatures2d_vgg_20160317;destsuffix=vgg;name=vgg \
-           git://github.com/opencv/opencv_3rdparty.git;branch=contrib_face_alignment_20170818;destsuffix=face;name=face \
+SRC_URI = "git://github.com/opencv/opencv.git;name=opencv;branch=master;protocol=https \
+           git://github.com/opencv/opencv_contrib.git;destsuffix=contrib;name=contrib;branch=master;protocol=https \
+           git://github.com/opencv/opencv_3rdparty.git;branch=ippicv/master_20180723;destsuffix=ipp;name=ipp;protocol=https \
+           git://github.com/opencv/opencv_3rdparty.git;branch=contrib_xfeatures2d_boostdesc_20161012;destsuffix=boostdesc;name=boostdesc;protocol=https \
+           git://github.com/opencv/opencv_3rdparty.git;branch=contrib_xfeatures2d_vgg_20160317;destsuffix=vgg;name=vgg;protocol=https \
+           git://github.com/opencv/opencv_3rdparty.git;branch=contrib_face_alignment_20170818;destsuffix=face;name=face;protocol=https \
            file://0001-3rdparty-ippicv-Use-pre-downloaded-ipp.patch \
            file://0002-Make-opencv-ts-create-share-library-intead-of-static.patch \
            file://0003-To-fix-errors-as-following.patch \
diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-support/opensc/opensc_0.20.0.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-support/opensc/opensc_0.20.0.bb
index a815980c4f..b8cf203b7f 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-support/opensc/opensc_0.20.0.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-support/opensc/opensc_0.20.0.bb
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=7fbc338309ac38fefcd64b04bb903e34"
 
 #v0.19.0
 SRCREV = "45e29056ccde422e70ed3585084a7f150c632515"
-SRC_URI = "git://github.com/OpenSC/OpenSC \
+SRC_URI = "git://github.com/OpenSC/OpenSC;branch=master;protocol=https \
           "
 DEPENDS = "virtual/libiconv openssl"
 
diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-support/picocom/picocom_git.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-support/picocom/picocom_git.bb
index 3d26b9364b..801300e707 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-support/picocom/picocom_git.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-support/picocom/picocom_git.bb
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ PV = "${BASEPV}+git${SRCPV}"
 
 SRCREV = "90385aabe2b51f39fa130627d46b377569f82d4a"
 
-SRC_URI = "git://github.com/npat-efault/picocom \
+SRC_URI = "git://github.com/npat-efault/picocom;branch=master;protocol=https \
            file://0001-Fix-building-with-musl.patch \
            "
 
diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-support/pidgin/funyahoo-plusplus_git.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-support/pidgin/funyahoo-plusplus_git.bb
index 3a437659e7..0e3e5ff733 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-support/pidgin/funyahoo-plusplus_git.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-support/pidgin/funyahoo-plusplus_git.bb
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ DEPENDS = "pidgin json-glib glib-2.0"
 
 inherit pkgconfig
 
-SRC_URI = "git://github.com/EionRobb/funyahoo-plusplus;branch=master;protocol=git"
+SRC_URI = "git://github.com/EionRobb/funyahoo-plusplus;branch=master;protocol=https"
 SRCREV = "fbbd9c591100aa00a0487738ec7b6acd3d924b3f"
 
 S = "${WORKDIR}/git"
diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-support/pidgin/icyque_git.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-support/pidgin/icyque_git.bb
index 0f32dc3a39..2905e16fcc 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-support/pidgin/icyque_git.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-support/pidgin/icyque_git.bb
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ PV = "0.1+gitr${SRCPV}"
 
 inherit pkgconfig
 
-SRC_URI = "git://github.com/EionRobb/icyque"
+SRC_URI = "git://github.com/EionRobb/icyque;branch=master;protocol=https"
 SRCREV = "513fc162d5d1a201c2b044e2b42941436d1069d5"
 
 S = "${WORKDIR}/git"
diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-support/pidgin/purple-skypeweb_git.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-support/pidgin/purple-skypeweb_git.bb
index 092e6059b8..854920d2ee 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-support/pidgin/purple-skypeweb_git.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-support/pidgin/purple-skypeweb_git.bb
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ DEPENDS = "pidgin json-glib glib-2.0 zlib"
 
 inherit pkgconfig
 
-SRC_URI = "git://github.com/EionRobb/skype4pidgin;branch=master;protocol=git"
+SRC_URI = "git://github.com/EionRobb/skype4pidgin;branch=master;protocol=https"
 SRCREV = "14f1b69b6292bbdc98cca484b050ec8359394c4e"
 
 S = "${WORKDIR}/git"
diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-support/poco/poco_1.9.4.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-support/poco/poco_1.9.4.bb
index fcd5219759..1c3a4ebb03 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-support/poco/poco_1.9.4.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-support/poco/poco_1.9.4.bb
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://LICENSE;md5=4267f48fc738f50380cbeeb76f95cebc"
 DEPENDS = "libpcre zlib"
 
 SRC_URI = " \
-    git://github.com/pocoproject/poco.git;branch=poco-${PV} \
+    git://github.com/pocoproject/poco.git;branch=poco-${PV};protocol=https \
     file://0001-Don-t-try-to-install-non-existing-Encodings-testsuit.patch \
     file://0001-riscv-Enable-double-operations-when-using-double-flo.patch \
     file://run-ptest \
diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-support/pps-tools/pps-tools_1.0.2.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-support/pps-tools/pps-tools_1.0.2.bb
index c8baa5d9ca..5b53587745 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-support/pps-tools/pps-tools_1.0.2.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-support/pps-tools/pps-tools_1.0.2.bb
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ LICENSE = "GPLv2"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=751419260aa954499f7abaabaa882bbe"
 
 SRCREV = "cb48b7ecf7079ceba7081c78d4e61e507b0e8d2d"
-SRC_URI = "git://github.com/ago/pps-tools.git"
+SRC_URI = "git://github.com/ago/pps-tools.git;branch=master;protocol=https"
 
 S = "${WORKDIR}/git"
 
diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-support/remmina/remmina_1.3.6.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-support/remmina/remmina_1.3.6.bb
index 1c2f270e32..3b1e8706ce 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-support/remmina/remmina_1.3.6.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-support/remmina/remmina_1.3.6.bb
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ DEPENDS_append_libc-musl = " libexecinfo"
 LDFLAGS_append_libc-musl = " -lexecinfo"
 
 SRCREV = "cc391370d8b4c07597617e0a771a9732f0802411"
-SRC_URI = "git://gitlab.com/Remmina/Remmina;protocol=https \
+SRC_URI = "git://gitlab.com/Remmina/Remmina;protocol=https;branch=master \
 "
 
 S = "${WORKDIR}/git"
diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-support/rsnapshot/rsnapshot_git.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-support/rsnapshot/rsnapshot_git.bb
index 33f5dccca2..6fe8aa76f2 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-support/rsnapshot/rsnapshot_git.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-support/rsnapshot/rsnapshot_git.bb
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ RDEPENDS_${PN} = "rsync \
 SRCREV = "a9e29850fc33c503c289e245c7bad350eed746d9"
 PV = "1.4.3+git${SRCPV}"
 
-SRC_URI = "git://github.com/DrHyde/${BPN};branch=master;protocol=git \
+SRC_URI = "git://github.com/DrHyde/${BPN};branch=master;protocol=https \
            file://configure-fix-cmd_rsync.patch \
           "
 
diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-support/sass/libsass_3.6.3.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-support/sass/libsass_3.6.3.bb
index d893be2231..4b4fe55669 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-support/sass/libsass_3.6.3.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-support/sass/libsass_3.6.3.bb
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=8f34396ca205f5e119ee77aae91fa27d"
 
 inherit autotools
 
-SRC_URI = "git://github.com/sass/libsass.git;branch=master"
+SRC_URI = "git://github.com/sass/libsass.git;branch=master;protocol=https"
 SRCREV = "e1c16e09b4a953757a15149deaaf28a3fd81dc97"
 
 S = "${WORKDIR}/git"
diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-support/sass/sassc_git.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-support/sass/sassc_git.bb
index 3c7a55cc3d..985d519f93 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-support/sass/sassc_git.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-support/sass/sassc_git.bb
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ DEPENDS = "libsass"
 
 inherit autotools pkgconfig
 
-SRC_URI = "git://github.com/sass/sassc.git"
+SRC_URI = "git://github.com/sass/sassc.git;branch=master;protocol=https"
 SRCREV = "46748216ba0b60545e814c07846ca10c9fefc5b6"
 S = "${WORKDIR}/git"
 PV = "3.6.1"
diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-support/satyr/satyr_0.28.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-support/satyr/satyr_0.28.bb
index fbf018d7f5..a928681ae8 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-support/satyr/satyr_0.28.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-support/satyr/satyr_0.28.bb
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ LICENSE = "GPLv2"
 
 inherit autotools-brokensep python3native pkgconfig
 
-SRC_URI = "git://github.com/abrt/satyr.git \
+SRC_URI = "git://github.com/abrt/satyr.git;branch=master;protocol=https \
            file://0002-fix-compile-failure-against-musl-C-library.patch \
 "
 SRCREV = "8b5547b89b712b39a59f1d8b366e7de0f5f46108"
diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-support/serial-utils/pty-forward-native.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-support/serial-utils/pty-forward-native.bb
index 7f59b3ecad..87d9c52903 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-support/serial-utils/pty-forward-native.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-support/serial-utils/pty-forward-native.bb
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ SECTION = "console/network"
 SRCREV = "00dbec2636ae0385ad028587e20e446272ff97ec"
 PV = "1.1+gitr${SRCPV}"
 
-SRC_URI = "git://github.com/freesmartphone/cornucopia.git;protocol=https"
+SRC_URI = "git://github.com/freesmartphone/cornucopia.git;protocol=https;branch=master"
 S = "${WORKDIR}/git/tools/serial_forward"
 
 inherit autotools native
diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-support/serial-utils/serial-forward_git.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-support/serial-utils/serial-forward_git.bb
index 0ef829856c..dcad8f7104 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-support/serial-utils/serial-forward_git.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-support/serial-utils/serial-forward_git.bb
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ SECTION = "console/devel"
 SRCREV = "07c6fdede0870edc37a8d51d033b6e7e29aa7c91"
 PV = "1.1+gitr${SRCPV}"
 
-SRC_URI = "git://github.com/freesmartphone/cornucopia.git \
+SRC_URI = "git://github.com/freesmartphone/cornucopia.git;branch=master;protocol=https \
            file://0001-serial_forward-Disable-default-static-linking.patch;striplevel=3 \
           "
 S = "${WORKDIR}/git/tools/serial_forward"
diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-support/span-lite/span-lite_git.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-support/span-lite/span-lite_git.bb
index 96ec829b74..abb3ec2f36 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-support/span-lite/span-lite_git.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-support/span-lite/span-lite_git.bb
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ HOMEPAGE = "https://github.com/martinmoene/span-lite"
 LICENSE = "BSL-1.0"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://LICENSE.txt;md5=e4224ccaecb14d942c71d31bef20d78c"
 
-SRC_URI += "git://github.com/martinmoene/span-lite"
+SRC_URI += "git://github.com/martinmoene/span-lite;branch=master;protocol=https"
 SRCREV = "e03d1166ccc8481d993dc02aae703966301a5e6e"
 
 S = "${WORKDIR}/git"
diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-support/spdlog/spdlog_1.5.0.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-support/spdlog/spdlog_1.5.0.bb
index 39629cce0d..9294d1a70e 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-support/spdlog/spdlog_1.5.0.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-support/spdlog/spdlog_1.5.0.bb
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ LICENSE = "MIT"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${COREBASE}/meta/files/common-licenses/MIT;md5=0835ade698e0bcf8506ecda2f7b4f302"
 
 SRCREV = "cf6f1dd01e660d5865d68bf5fa78f6376b89470a"
-SRC_URI = "git://github.com/gabime/spdlog.git;protocol=git;branch=v1.x;"
+SRC_URI = "git://github.com/gabime/spdlog.git;protocol=https;branch=v1.x;"
 
 S = "${WORKDIR}/git"
 
diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-support/spitools/spitools_git.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-support/spitools/spitools_git.bb
index 625756873b..b9ed1bcd7b 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-support/spitools/spitools_git.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-support/spitools/spitools_git.bb
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ SRCREV = "4a36a84f7df291ddaebd397aecf0c8515256a8e0"
 
 S = "${WORKDIR}/git"
 
-SRC_URI = "git://github.com/cpb-/spi-tools.git;protocol=git"
+SRC_URI = "git://github.com/cpb-/spi-tools.git;protocol=https;branch=master"
 
 
 inherit autotools
diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-support/thin-provisioning-tools/thin-provisioning-tools_0.8.5.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-support/thin-provisioning-tools/thin-provisioning-tools_0.8.5.bb
index 3f82734acd..5bcbea4600 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-support/thin-provisioning-tools/thin-provisioning-tools_0.8.5.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-support/thin-provisioning-tools/thin-provisioning-tools_0.8.5.bb
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ SECTION = "devel"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=d32239bcb673463ab874e80d47fae504"
 S = "${WORKDIR}/git"
 
-SRC_URI = "git://github.com/jthornber/thin-provisioning-tools;branch=main \
+SRC_URI = "git://github.com/jthornber/thin-provisioning-tools;branch=main;protocol=https \
            file://0001-do-not-strip-pdata_tools-at-do_install.patch \
            file://use-sh-on-path.patch \
 "
diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-support/toscoterm/toscoterm_git.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-support/toscoterm/toscoterm_git.bb
index aba485e1a4..4dddd54c5f 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-support/toscoterm/toscoterm_git.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-support/toscoterm/toscoterm_git.bb
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://main.c;start_line=5;end_line=16;md5=9ae4bf20caf291afa
 
 # 0.2 version
 SRCREV = "8586d617aed19fc75f5ae1e07270752c1b2f9a30"
-SRC_URI = "git://github.com/OSSystems/toscoterm.git"
+SRC_URI = "git://github.com/OSSystems/toscoterm.git;branch=master;protocol=https"
 
 S = "${WORKDIR}/git"
 
diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-support/udisks/udisks2_git.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-support/udisks/udisks2_git.bb
index ecaf01e71d..c4d0fa75ee 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-support/udisks/udisks2_git.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-support/udisks/udisks2_git.bb
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ DEPENDS += "${@bb.utils.filter('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'systemd', d)}"
 RDEPENDS_${PN} = "acl"
 
 SRC_URI = " \
-    git://github.com/storaged-project/udisks.git;branch=master \
+    git://github.com/storaged-project/udisks.git;branch=master;protocol=https \
 "
 PV = "2.8.4+git${SRCREV}"
 SRCREV = "db5f487345da2eaa87976450ea51c2c465d9b82e"
diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-support/uhubctl/uhubctl_2.1.0.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-support/uhubctl/uhubctl_2.1.0.bb
index b294d77bad..0bb48412a9 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-support/uhubctl/uhubctl_2.1.0.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-support/uhubctl/uhubctl_2.1.0.bb
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ LICENSE = "GPLv2"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=b234ee4d69f5fce4486a80fdaf4a4263"
 
 SRCREV = "c9fa3c68a1b2c9790c731602b8bae2b513e80605"
-SRC_URI = "git://github.com/mvp/${BPN}"
+SRC_URI = "git://github.com/mvp/${BPN};branch=master;protocol=https"
 S = "${WORKDIR}/git"
 
 # uhubctl gets its program version from "git describe". As we use the source
diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-support/uthash/uthash_2.1.0.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-support/uthash/uthash_2.1.0.bb
index 09cef44a85..3f4529e1a0 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-support/uthash/uthash_2.1.0.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-support/uthash/uthash_2.1.0.bb
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://LICENSE;md5=a2513f7d2291df840527b76b2a8f9718"
 SRCREV = "8b214aefcb81df86a7e5e0d4fa20e59a6c18bc02"
 
 SRC_URI = "\
-    git://github.com/troydhanson/${BPN}.git \
+    git://github.com/troydhanson/${BPN}.git;branch=master;protocol=https \
     file://run-ptest \
 "
 
diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-support/utouch/utouch-evemu_git.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-support/utouch/utouch-evemu_git.bb
index 7c5a734394..e1ec1fda8b 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-support/utouch/utouch-evemu_git.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-support/utouch/utouch-evemu_git.bb
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=f27defe1e96c2e1ecd4e0c9be8967949"
 
 inherit autotools
 
-SRC_URI = "git://bitmath.org/git/evemu.git;protocol=http \
+SRC_URI = "git://bitmath.org/git/evemu.git;protocol=http;branch=master \
            file://0001-Fix-build-on-32bit-arches-with-64bit-time_t.patch \
            "
 SRCREV = "9752b50e922572e4cd214ac45ed95e4ee410fe24"
diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-support/utouch/utouch-frame_git.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-support/utouch/utouch-frame_git.bb
index 1ebebfa9f5..5993956353 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-support/utouch/utouch-frame_git.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-support/utouch/utouch-frame_git.bb
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ DEPENDS += "mtdev utouch-evemu"
 
 inherit autotools pkgconfig
 
-SRC_URI = "git://bitmath.org/git/frame.git;protocol=http \
+SRC_URI = "git://bitmath.org/git/frame.git;protocol=http;branch=master \
            file://remove-man-page-creation.patch \
            file://0001-include-sys-stat.h-for-fixing-build-issue-on-musl.patch \
            file://0001-Fix-build-on-32bit-arches-with-64bit-time_t.patch \
diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-support/utouch/utouch-mtview_git.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-support/utouch/utouch-mtview_git.bb
index 5f07bf28ee..65edaf1e5b 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-support/utouch/utouch-mtview_git.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-support/utouch/utouch-mtview_git.bb
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ inherit autotools pkgconfig features_check
 # depends on virtual/libx11
 REQUIRED_DISTRO_FEATURES = "x11"
 
-SRC_URI = "git://bitmath.org/git/mtview.git;protocol=http"
+SRC_URI = "git://bitmath.org/git/mtview.git;protocol=http;branch=master"
 SRCREV = "ad437c38dc111cf3990a03abf14efe1b5d89604b"
 
 DEPENDS += "mtdev utouch-frame utouch-evemu libx11"
diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-support/websocketpp/websocketpp_0.8.2.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-support/websocketpp/websocketpp_0.8.2.bb
index 79a5ac5c4e..673fc5899b 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-support/websocketpp/websocketpp_0.8.2.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-support/websocketpp/websocketpp_0.8.2.bb
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${S}/COPYING;md5=4d168d763c111f4ffc62249870e4e0ea"
 
 DEPENDS = " ${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'ptest', 'openssl boost zlib', '', d)} "
 
-SRC_URI = "git://github.com/zaphoyd/websocketpp.git;protocol=https \
+SRC_URI = "git://github.com/zaphoyd/websocketpp.git;protocol=https;branch=master \
            file://0001-cmake-Use-GNUInstallDirs.patch \
            file://855.patch \
            file://857.patch \
diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-support/xdelta/xdelta3_3.1.0.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-support/xdelta/xdelta3_3.1.0.bb
index d100030f9b..c161781989 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-support/xdelta/xdelta3_3.1.0.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-support/xdelta/xdelta3_3.1.0.bb
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ SECTION = "console/utils"
 LICENSE = "GPLv2"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=393a5ca445f6965873eca0259a17f833"
 
-SRC_URI = "git://github.com/jmacd/xdelta.git;branch=release3_1_apl"
+SRC_URI = "git://github.com/jmacd/xdelta.git;branch=release3_1_apl;protocol=https"
 SRCREV = "4b4aed71a959fe11852e45242bb6524be85d3709"
 S = "${WORKDIR}/git/xdelta3"
 
diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-support/xorg-xrdp/xorgxrdp_0.2.5.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-support/xorg-xrdp/xorgxrdp_0.2.5.bb
index 481e7303b3..1ba4a32ba6 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-support/xorg-xrdp/xorgxrdp_0.2.5.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-support/xorg-xrdp/xorgxrdp_0.2.5.bb
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ DEPENDS = "virtual/libx11 xserver-xorg xrdp nasm-native"
 inherit features_check
 REQUIRED_DISTRO_FEATURES = "x11 pam"
 
-SRC_URI = "git://github.com/neutrinolabs/xorgxrdp.git"
+SRC_URI = "git://github.com/neutrinolabs/xorgxrdp.git;branch=master;protocol=https"
 
 SRCREV = "c122544f184d4031bbae1ad80fbab554c34a9427"
 
diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-support/xrdp/xrdp_0.9.11.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-support/xrdp/xrdp_0.9.11.bb
index deda0fd1b5..36184705bc 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-support/xrdp/xrdp_0.9.11.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-support/xrdp/xrdp_0.9.11.bb
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ DEPENDS = "openssl virtual/libx11 libxfixes libxrandr libpam nasm-native"
 
 REQUIRED_DISTRO_FEATURES = "x11 pam"
 
-SRC_URI = "git://github.com/neutrinolabs/xrdp.git \
+SRC_URI = "git://github.com/neutrinolabs/xrdp.git;branch=master;protocol=https \
            file://xrdp.sysconfig \
            file://0001-Added-req_distinguished_name-in-etc-xrdp-openssl.con.patch \
            file://0001-Fix-the-compile-error.patch \
diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-support/xxhash/xxhash_0.7.3.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-support/xxhash/xxhash_0.7.3.bb
index 865adc5a1b..783af89bed 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-support/xxhash/xxhash_0.7.3.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-support/xxhash/xxhash_0.7.3.bb
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ HOMEPAGE = "http://www.xxhash.com/"
 LICENSE = "BSD-2-Clause & GPL-2.0"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://LICENSE;md5=01a7eba4212ef1e882777a38585e7a9b"
 
-SRC_URI = "git://github.com/Cyan4973/xxHash.git"
+SRC_URI = "git://github.com/Cyan4973/xxHash.git;branch=master;protocol=https"
 UPSTREAM_CHECK_GITTAGREGEX = "v(?P<pver>\d+(\.\d+)+)"
 
 SRCREV = "d408e9b0606d07b1ddc5452ffc0ec8512211b174"
diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-support/zbar/zbar_git.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-support/zbar/zbar_git.bb
index 935e09cd53..46ca549c5c 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-support/zbar/zbar_git.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-support/zbar/zbar_git.bb
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ PV = "0.10+git${SRCPV}"
 
 #  iPhoneSDK-1.3.1 tag
 SRCREV = "67003d2a985b5f9627bee2d8e3e0b26d0c474b57"
-SRC_URI = "git://github.com/ZBar/Zbar \
+SRC_URI = "git://github.com/ZBar/Zbar;branch=master;protocol=https \
            file://0001-make-relies-GNU-extentions.patch \
 "
 S = "${WORKDIR}/git"
diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-support/zchunk/zchunk_1.1.6.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-support/zchunk/zchunk_1.1.6.bb
index e041132b1c..e4c0232bd9 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-support/zchunk/zchunk_1.1.6.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-support/zchunk/zchunk_1.1.6.bb
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ AUTHOR = "Jonathan Dieter"
 LICENSE = "BSD-2-Clause"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://LICENSE;md5=cd6e590282010ce90a94ef25dd31410f"
 
-SRC_URI = "git://github.com/zchunk/zchunk.git;protocol=https"
+SRC_URI = "git://github.com/zchunk/zchunk.git;protocol=https;branch=master"
 
 SRCREV = "f5593aa11584faa691c81b4898f0aaded47f8bf7"
 S = "${WORKDIR}/git"