diff --git a/cmd/srpmproc/main.go b/cmd/srpmproc/main.go
index 5dc8109..91d3ed2 100644
--- a/cmd/srpmproc/main.go
+++ b/cmd/srpmproc/main.go
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/go-git/go-billy/v5/memfs"
 	"github.com/go-git/go-billy/v5/osfs"
 	"github.com/go-git/go-git/v5/plumbing/transport/ssh"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"log"
 	"os"
 	"os/user"
@@ -38,7 +37,7 @@ var (
 	singleTag          string
 	noDupMode          bool
 	moduleMode         bool
-	tmpFsMode          bool
+	tmpFsMode          string
 	noStorageDownload  bool
 	noStorageUpload    bool
 )
@@ -96,20 +95,17 @@ func mn(_ *cobra.Command, _ []string) {
 		log.Fatalf("could not get git authenticator: %v", err)
 	}
 
-	fsCreator := func() billy.Filesystem {
+	fsCreator := func(branch string) billy.Filesystem {
 		return memfs.New()
 	}
 
-	if tmpFsMode {
-		tmpBaseDir, err := ioutil.TempDir(os.TempDir(), "srpmproc-*")
-		if err != nil {
-			log.Fatalf("could not create temp dir: %v", err)
-		}
-		log.Printf("using temp dir: %s", tmpBaseDir)
-		fsCreator = func() billy.Filesystem {
-			tmpDir, err := ioutil.TempDir(tmpBaseDir, "*")
+	if tmpFsMode != "" {
+		log.Printf("using tmpfs dir: %s", tmpFsMode)
+		fsCreator = func(branch string) billy.Filesystem {
+			tmpDir := filepath.Join(tmpFsMode, branch)
+			err := os.MkdirAll(tmpDir, 0755)
 			if err != nil {
-				log.Fatalf("could not create temp dir: %v", err)
+				log.Fatalf("could not create tmpfs dir: %v", err)
 			}
 			return osfs.New(tmpDir)
 		}
@@ -160,7 +156,7 @@ func main() {
 	root.Flags().StringVar(&singleTag, "single-tag", "", "If set, only this tag is imported")
 	root.Flags().BoolVar(&noDupMode, "no-dup-mode", false, "If enabled, skips already imported tags")
 	root.Flags().BoolVar(&moduleMode, "module-mode", false, "If enabled, imports a module instead of a package")
-	root.Flags().BoolVar(&tmpFsMode, "tmpfs-mode", false, "If enabled, packages are imported and patched but not pushed")
+	root.Flags().StringVar(&tmpFsMode, "tmpfs-mode", "", "If set, packages are imported to path and patched but not pushed")
 	root.Flags().BoolVar(&noStorageDownload, "no-storage-download", false, "If enabled, blobs are always downloaded from upstream")
 	root.Flags().BoolVar(&noStorageUpload, "no-storage-upload", false, "If enabled, blobs are not uploaded to blob storage")
 
diff --git a/internal/data/process.go b/internal/data/process.go
index 081a5f6..abf177f 100644
--- a/internal/data/process.go
+++ b/internal/data/process.go
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ type ProcessData struct {
 	BlobStorage        blob.Storage
 	NoDupMode          bool
 	ModuleMode         bool
-	TmpFsMode          bool
+	TmpFsMode          string
 	NoStorageDownload  bool
 	NoStorageUpload    bool
-	FsCreator          func() billy.Filesystem
+	FsCreator          func(branch string) billy.Filesystem
 }
diff --git a/internal/patch.go b/internal/patch.go
index 9b2fc77..172dd0d 100644
--- a/internal/patch.go
+++ b/internal/patch.go
@@ -87,18 +87,21 @@ func executePatchesRpm(pd *data.ProcessData, md *data.ModeData) {
 		log.Fatalf("could not create remote: %v", err)
 	}
 
-	err = repo.Fetch(&git.FetchOptions{
+	fetchOptions := &git.FetchOptions{
 		RemoteName: "origin",
 		RefSpecs:   []config.RefSpec{refspec},
-		Auth:       pd.Authenticator,
-	})
+	}
+	if !strings.HasPrefix(pd.UpstreamPrefix, "http") {
+		fetchOptions.Auth = pd.Authenticator
+	}
+	err = repo.Fetch(fetchOptions)
 
 	refName := plumbing.NewBranchReferenceName(md.PushBranch)
 	log.Printf("set reference to ref: %s", refName)
 
 	if err != nil {
 		// no patches active
-		log.Println("info: patch Repo not found")
+		log.Println("info: patch repo not found")
 		return
 	} else {
 		err = w.Checkout(&git.CheckoutOptions{
diff --git a/internal/process.go b/internal/process.go
index 85a1ce0..b6b8cd7 100644
--- a/internal/process.go
+++ b/internal/process.go
@@ -101,17 +101,6 @@ func ProcessRPM(pd *data.ProcessData) {
 			continue
 		}
 
-		rpmFile := md.RpmFile
-		// create new Repo for final dist
-		repo, err := git.Init(memory.NewStorage(), pd.FsCreator())
-		if err != nil {
-			log.Fatalf("could not create new dist Repo: %v", err)
-		}
-		w, err := repo.Worktree()
-		if err != nil {
-			log.Fatalf("could not get dist Worktree: %v", err)
-		}
-
 		var matchString string
 		if !tagImportRegex.MatchString(md.TagBranch) {
 			if pd.ModuleMode {
@@ -133,6 +122,17 @@ func ProcessRPM(pd *data.ProcessData) {
 		md.PushBranch = pd.BranchPrefix + strings.TrimPrefix(match[2], pd.ImportBranchPrefix)
 		newTag := "imports/" + pd.BranchPrefix + strings.TrimPrefix(match[1], "imports/"+pd.ImportBranchPrefix)
 
+		rpmFile := md.RpmFile
+		// create new Repo for final dist
+		repo, err := git.Init(memory.NewStorage(), pd.FsCreator(md.PushBranch))
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Fatalf("could not create new dist Repo: %v", err)
+		}
+		w, err := repo.Worktree()
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Fatalf("could not get dist Worktree: %v", err)
+		}
+
 		shouldContinue := true
 		for _, ignoredTag := range tagIgnoreList {
 			if ignoredTag == "refs/tags/"+newTag {
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ func ProcessRPM(pd *data.ProcessData) {
 			}
 		}
 
-		if pd.TmpFsMode {
+		if pd.TmpFsMode != "" {
 			continue
 		}