diff --git a/renku/core/commands/providers/renku.py b/renku/core/commands/providers/renku.py
index fd9ba4fe90..69ad0397dc 100644
--- a/renku/core/commands/providers/renku.py
+++ b/renku/core/commands/providers/renku.py
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ def find_record(self, uri, client=None):
 
         self._prepare_authentication(client, uri)
 
-        initial_identifier, kg_urls = self._get_dataset_info(uri)
+        same_as, initial_identifier, kg_urls = self._get_dataset_info(uri)
 
         project_url = None
         failed_urls = []
@@ -77,7 +77,14 @@ def find_record(self, uri, client=None):
 
             datasets = self._query_knowledge_graph(project_datasets_kg_url)
 
-            dataset_name = next(ds["name"] for ds in datasets if ds["versions"].get("initial") == initial_identifier)
+            dataset_name = next(
+                (ds["name"] for ds in datasets if ds["versions"].get("initial") == initial_identifier), None
+            )
+            if not dataset_name and same_as:
+                dataset_name = next((ds["name"] for ds in datasets if ds.get("sameAs") == same_as), None)
+
+            if not dataset_name:
+                continue
 
             # Check if we can clone the project
             for url in (ssh_url, https_url):
@@ -144,6 +151,7 @@ def _get_dataset_info(self, uri):
 
         response = self._query_knowledge_graph(kg_url)
         initial_identifier = response.get("versions", {}).get("initial")
+        same_as = response.get("sameAs")
 
         if project_id:
             kg_path = f"/knowledge-graph/{project_id.strip('/')}"
@@ -160,7 +168,7 @@ def get_project_link(project):
             kg_urls = [get_project_link(p) for p in projects]
             kg_urls = [u for u in kg_urls if u]
 
-        return initial_identifier, kg_urls
+        return same_as, initial_identifier, kg_urls
 
     @staticmethod
     def _extract_project_and_dataset_ids(parsed_url):
diff --git a/renku/core/management/datasets.py b/renku/core/management/datasets.py
index 67df7afca1..894041662a 100644
--- a/renku/core/management/datasets.py
+++ b/renku/core/management/datasets.py
@@ -784,7 +784,7 @@ def _add_from_git(self, url, sources, destination, ref):
                 if remote_client._is_external_file(src):
                     operation = (src.resolve(), dst, "symlink")
                 else:
-                    operation = (src, dst, "copy")
+                    operation = (src, dst, "move")
 
                 results.append(
                     {
@@ -1237,6 +1237,7 @@ def checkout(repo, ref):
             except GitCommandError:
                 raise errors.ParameterError('Cannot find reference "{}" in Git repository: {}'.format(ref, url))
 
+        depth = 1 if not ref else None
         ref = ref or renku_branch
         u = GitURL.parse(url)
         path = u.pathname
@@ -1251,6 +1252,7 @@ def checkout(repo, ref):
             repo = Repo(str(repo_path))
             if repo.remotes.origin.url == url:
                 try:
+                    repo.git.checkout(".")
                     repo.git.fetch(all=True)
                     repo.git.checkout(ref)
                     try:
@@ -1269,7 +1271,7 @@ def checkout(repo, ref):
             except PermissionError:
                 raise errors.InvalidFileOperation("Cannot delete files in {}: Permission denied".format(repo_path))
 
-        repo, _ = clone(url, path=str(repo_path), install_githooks=False)
+        repo, _ = clone(url, path=str(repo_path), install_githooks=False, depth=depth)
 
         # Because the name of the default branch is not always 'master', we
         # create an alias of the default branch when cloning the repo. It