gistfile1.txt

diff --git a/bitbake/lib/toaster/bldcontrol/localhostbecontroller.py b/bitbake/lib/toaster/bldcontrol/localhostbecontroller.py
index a9909b8..a19b4de 100644
--- a/bitbake/lib/toaster/bldcontrol/localhostbecontroller.py
+++ b/bitbake/lib/toaster/bldcontrol/localhostbecontroller.py
@@ -248,6 +248,11 @@ class LocalhostBEController(BuildEnvironmentController):
             localdirname = os.path.join(self.be.sourcedir, self.getGitCloneDirectory(giturl, commit))
             logger.debug("localhostbecontroller: giturl %s:%s checking out in current directory %s" % (giturl, commit, localdirname))
 
+            if re.match('^[a-fA-F0-9]+$', commit):
+                ref = commit
+            else:
+                ref = 'origin/%s' % commit
+
             # make sure our directory is a git repository
             if os.path.exists(localdirname):
                 localremotes = self._shellcmd("git remote -v", localdirname)
@@ -260,13 +265,13 @@ class LocalhostBEController(BuildEnvironmentController):
                     self._shellcmd("git remote remove origin", localdirname)
                     self._shellcmd("git remote add origin \"%s\"" % giturl, localdirname)
                 else:
-                    logger.debug("localhostbecontroller: cloning %s:%s in %s" % (giturl, commit, localdirname))
-                    self._shellcmd("git clone \"%s\" --single-branch --branch \"%s\" \"%s\"" % (giturl, commit, localdirname))
+                    logger.debug("localhostbecontroller: cloning %s in %s" % (giturl, localdirname))
+                    self._shellcmd('git clone "%s" "%s"' % (giturl, localdirname))
 
             # branch magic name "HEAD" will inhibit checkout
             if commit != "HEAD":
                 logger.debug("localhostbecontroller: checking out commit %s to %s " % (commit, localdirname))
-                self._shellcmd("git fetch --all && git checkout \"%s\" && git rebase \"origin/%s\"" % (commit, commit) , localdirname)
+                self._shellcmd('git fetch --all && git reset --hard "%s"' % ref, localdirname)
 
             # take the localdirname as poky dir if we can find the oe-init-build-env
             if self.pokydirname is None and os.path.exists(os.path.join(localdirname, "oe-init-build-env")):