diff --git a/osc/commandline.py b/osc/commandline.py
index ce6c2fdc..78756a5c 100644
--- a/osc/commandline.py
+++ b/osc/commandline.py
@@ -6933,7 +6933,7 @@ Please submit there instead, or use --nodevelproject to force direct submission.
                 if no_repo:
                     raise oscerr.WrongArgs("Repository is missing. Cannot guess build description without repository")
                 apiurl = self.get_api_url()
-                project = store_read_project('.')
+                project = alternative_project or store_read_project('.')
                 # some distros like Debian rename and move build to obs-build
                 if not os.path.isfile('/usr/lib/build/queryconfig') and os.path.isfile('/usr/lib/obs-build/queryconfig'):
                     queryconfig = '/usr/lib/obs-build/queryconfig'
diff --git a/tests/test_git_scm_store.py b/tests/test_git_scm_store.py
index 0bb6e3bc..e884f4b2 100644
--- a/tests/test_git_scm_store.py
+++ b/tests/test_git_scm_store.py
@@ -36,6 +36,10 @@ class TestGitStore(unittest.TestCase):
         store = GitStore(self.tmpdir)
         self.assertEqual(store.last_buildroot, ("repo", "arch", "vm_type"))
 
+    def test_scmurl(self):
+        store = GitStore(self.tmpdir)
+        self.assertEqual(store.scmurl, "https://example.com/packages/my-package.git")
+
 
 if not shutil.which("git"):
     TestGitStore = unittest.skip("The 'git' executable is not available")(TestGitStore)