diff --git a/src/Composer/Downloader/PathDownloader.php b/src/Composer/Downloader/PathDownloader.php
index 2d069fdbc..23c51398e 100644
--- a/src/Composer/Downloader/PathDownloader.php
+++ b/src/Composer/Downloader/PathDownloader.php
@@ -49,6 +49,10 @@ class PathDownloader extends FileDownloader implements VcsCapableDownloaderInter
             ));
         }
 
+        if (realpath($path) === $realUrl) {
+            return;
+        }
+
         if (strpos(realpath($path) . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR, $realUrl . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR) === 0) {
             // IMPORTANT NOTICE: If you wish to change this, don't. You are wasting your time and ours.
             //
@@ -71,6 +75,18 @@ class PathDownloader extends FileDownloader implements VcsCapableDownloaderInter
         $url = $package->getDistUrl();
         $realUrl = realpath($url);
 
+        if (realpath($path) === $realUrl) {
+            if ($output) {
+                $this->io->writeError(sprintf(
+                    '  - Installing <info>%s</info> (<comment>%s</comment>): Source already present',
+                    $package->getName(),
+                    $package->getFullPrettyVersion()
+                ));
+            }
+
+            return;
+        }
+
         // Get the transport options with default values
         $transportOptions = $package->getTransportOptions() + array('symlink' => null);
 
@@ -155,6 +171,16 @@ class PathDownloader extends FileDownloader implements VcsCapableDownloaderInter
      */
     public function remove(PackageInterface $package, $path, $output = true)
     {
+        $realUrl = realpath($package->getDistUrl());
+
+        if (realpath($path) === $realUrl) {
+            if ($output) {
+                $this->io->writeError("  - Removing <info>" . $package->getName() . "</info> (<comment>" . $package->getFullPrettyVersion() . "</comment>), source is still present in $path");
+            }
+
+            return;
+        }
+
         /**
          * For junctions don't blindly rely on Filesystem::removeDirectory as it may be overzealous. If a process
          * inadvertently locks the file the removal will fail, but it would fall back to recursive delete which
diff --git a/src/Composer/Installer.php b/src/Composer/Installer.php
index a92bf641c..2894fc5a5 100644
--- a/src/Composer/Installer.php
+++ b/src/Composer/Installer.php
@@ -1171,7 +1171,7 @@ class Installer
                     $newReference = $rootRefs[$package->getName()];
                 }
 
-                $this->updatePackageUrl($package, $newSourceUrl, $newPackage->getSourceType(), $newReference, $newPackage->getDistUrl());
+                $this->updatePackageUrl($package, $newSourceUrl, $newPackage->getSourceType(), $newReference, $newPackage->getDistUrl(), $newPackage->getDistType(), $newPackage->getDistSha1Checksum(), $newPackage);
 
                 if ($package instanceof CompletePackage && $newPackage instanceof CompletePackage) {
                     $package->setAbandoned($newPackage->getReplacementPackage() ?: $newPackage->isAbandoned());
@@ -1179,11 +1179,12 @@ class Installer
 
                 $package->setDistMirrors($newPackage->getDistMirrors());
                 $package->setSourceMirrors($newPackage->getSourceMirrors());
+                $package->setTransportOptions($newPackage->getTransportOptions());
             }
         }
     }
 
-    private function updatePackageUrl(PackageInterface $package, $sourceUrl, $sourceType, $sourceReference, $distUrl)
+    private function updatePackageUrl(PackageInterface $package, $sourceUrl, $sourceType, $sourceReference, $distUrl, $distType, $distShaSum)
     {
         $oldSourceRef = $package->getSourceReference();
 
@@ -1197,6 +1198,8 @@ class Installer
         // but for other urls this is ambiguous and could result in bad outcomes
         if (preg_match('{^https?://(?:(?:www\.)?bitbucket\.org|(api\.)?github\.com|(?:www\.)?gitlab\.com)/}i', $distUrl)) {
             $package->setDistUrl($distUrl);
+            $package->setDistType($distType);
+            $package->setDistSha1Checksum($distShaSum);
             $this->updateInstallReferences($package, $sourceReference);
         }
 
diff --git a/tests/Composer/Test/Fixtures/installer/update-changes-url.test b/tests/Composer/Test/Fixtures/installer/update-changes-url.test
index d774ea188..0a0d47507 100644
--- a/tests/Composer/Test/Fixtures/installer/update-changes-url.test
+++ b/tests/Composer/Test/Fixtures/installer/update-changes-url.test
@@ -17,37 +17,38 @@ g/g is dev and installed in a different ref than the #ref, so it gets updated an
                 {
                     "name": "a/a", "version": "dev-master",
                     "source": { "reference": "2222222222222222222222222222222222222222", "url": "https://github.com/a/newa", "type": "git" },
-                    "dist": { "reference": "2222222222222222222222222222222222222222", "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/a/newa/zipball/2222222222222222222222222222222222222222", "type": "zip" }
+                    "dist": { "reference": "2222222222222222222222222222222222222222", "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/a/newa/tarball/2222222222222222222222222222222222222222", "type": "tar", "shasum": "newsum" }
                 },
                 {
                     "name": "b/b", "version": "2.0.3",
                     "source": { "reference": "2222222222222222222222222222222222222222", "url": "https://github.com/b/newb", "type": "git" },
-                    "dist": { "reference": "2222222222222222222222222222222222222222", "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/b/newb/zipball/2222222222222222222222222222222222222222", "type": "zip" }
+                    "dist": { "reference": "2222222222222222222222222222222222222222", "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/b/newb/tarball/2222222222222222222222222222222222222222", "type": "tar", "shasum": "newsum" }
                 },
                 {
                     "name": "c/c", "version": "1.0.0",
                     "source": { "reference": "2222222222222222222222222222222222222222", "url": "https://github.com/c/newc", "type": "git" },
-                    "dist": { "reference": "2222222222222222222222222222222222222222", "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/c/newc/zipball/2222222222222222222222222222222222222222", "type": "zip" }
+                    "dist": { "reference": "2222222222222222222222222222222222222222", "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/c/newc/tarball/2222222222222222222222222222222222222222", "type": "tar", "shasum": "newsum" }
                 },
                 {
                     "name": "d/d", "version": "dev-master",
                     "source": { "reference": "2222222222222222222222222222222222222222", "url": "https://github.com/d/newd", "type": "git" },
-                    "dist": { "reference": "2222222222222222222222222222222222222222", "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/d/newd/zipball/2222222222222222222222222222222222222222", "type": "zip" }
+                    "dist": { "reference": "2222222222222222222222222222222222222222", "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/d/newd/tarball/2222222222222222222222222222222222222222", "type": "tar", "shasum": "newsum" }
                 },
                 {
                     "name": "e/e", "version": "dev-master",
                     "source": { "reference": "2222222222222222222222222222222222222222", "url": "https://github.com/e/newe", "type": "git" },
-                    "dist": { "reference": "2222222222222222222222222222222222222222", "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/e/newe/zipball/2222222222222222222222222222222222222222", "type": "zip" }
+                    "dist": { "reference": "2222222222222222222222222222222222222222", "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/e/newe/tarball/2222222222222222222222222222222222222222", "type": "tar", "shasum": "newsum" }
                 },
                 {
                     "name": "f/f", "version": "dev-master",
                     "source": { "reference": "2222222222222222222222222222222222222222", "url": "https://github.com/f/newf", "type": "git" },
-                    "dist": { "reference": "2222222222222222222222222222222222222222", "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/f/newf/zipball/2222222222222222222222222222222222222222", "type": "zip" }
+                    "dist": { "reference": "2222222222222222222222222222222222222222", "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/f/newf/tarball/2222222222222222222222222222222222222222", "type": "tar", "shasum": "newsum" },
+                    "transport-options": { "foo": "bar2" }
                 },
                 {
                     "name": "g/g", "version": "dev-master",
                     "source": { "reference": "2222222222222222222222222222222222222222", "url": "https://github.com/g/newg", "type": "git" },
-                    "dist": { "reference": "2222222222222222222222222222222222222222", "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/g/newg/zipball/2222222222222222222222222222222222222222", "type": "zip" }
+                    "dist": { "reference": "2222222222222222222222222222222222222222", "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/g/newg/tarball/2222222222222222222222222222222222222222", "type": "tar", "shasum": "newsum" }
                 }
             ]
         }
@@ -67,32 +68,34 @@ g/g is dev and installed in a different ref than the #ref, so it gets updated an
     {
         "name": "a/a", "version": "dev-master",
         "source": { "reference": "1111111111111111111111111111111111111111", "url": "https://github.com/a/a", "type": "git" },
-        "dist": { "reference": "1111111111111111111111111111111111111111", "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/a/a/zipball/1111111111111111111111111111111111111111", "type": "zip" }
+        "dist": { "reference": "1111111111111111111111111111111111111111", "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/a/a/zipball/1111111111111111111111111111111111111111", "type": "zip", "shasum": "oldsum" }
     },
     {
         "name": "b/b", "version": "2.0.3",
         "source": { "reference": "1111111111111111111111111111111111111111", "url": "https://github.com/b/b", "type": "git" },
-        "dist": { "reference": "1111111111111111111111111111111111111111", "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/b/b/zipball/1111111111111111111111111111111111111111", "type": "zip" }
+        "dist": { "reference": "1111111111111111111111111111111111111111", "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/b/b/zipball/1111111111111111111111111111111111111111", "type": "zip", "shasum": "oldsum" }
     },
     {
         "name": "c/c", "version": "1.0.0",
         "source": { "reference": "1111111111111111111111111111111111111111", "url": "https://github.com/c/c", "type": "git" },
-        "dist": { "reference": "1111111111111111111111111111111111111111", "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/c/c/zipball/1111111111111111111111111111111111111111", "type": "zip" }
+        "dist": { "reference": "1111111111111111111111111111111111111111", "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/c/c/zipball/1111111111111111111111111111111111111111", "type": "zip", "shasum": "oldsum" }
     },
     {
         "name": "d/d", "version": "dev-master",
         "source": { "reference": "1111111111111111111111111111111111111111", "url": "https://github.com/d/d", "type": "git" },
-        "dist": { "reference": "1111111111111111111111111111111111111111", "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/d/d/zipball/1111111111111111111111111111111111111111", "type": "zip" }
+        "dist": { "reference": "1111111111111111111111111111111111111111", "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/d/d/zipball/1111111111111111111111111111111111111111", "type": "zip", "shasum": "oldsum" }
     },
     {
         "name": "f/f", "version": "dev-master",
         "source": { "reference": "1111111111111111111111111111111111111111", "url": "https://github.com/f/f", "type": "git" },
-        "dist": { "reference": "1111111111111111111111111111111111111111", "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/f/f/zipball/1111111111111111111111111111111111111111", "type": "zip" }
+        "dist": { "reference": "1111111111111111111111111111111111111111", "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/f/f/zipball/1111111111111111111111111111111111111111", "type": "zip", "shasum": "oldsum" },
+        "transport-options": { "foo": "bar" }
     },
     {
         "name": "g/g", "version": "dev-master",
         "source": { "reference": "0000000000000000000000000000000000000000", "url": "https://github.com/g/g", "type": "git" },
-        "dist": { "reference": "0000000000000000000000000000000000000000", "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/g/g/zipball/0000000000000000000000000000000000000000", "type": "zip" }
+        "dist": { "reference": "0000000000000000000000000000000000000000", "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/g/g/zipball/0000000000000000000000000000000000000000", "type": "zip", "shasum": "oldsum" },
+        "transport-options": { "foo": "bar" }
     }
 ]
 --EXPECT-LOCK--
@@ -101,43 +104,44 @@ g/g is dev and installed in a different ref than the #ref, so it gets updated an
         {
             "name": "a/a", "version": "dev-master",
             "source": { "reference": "2222222222222222222222222222222222222222", "url": "https://github.com/a/newa", "type": "git" },
-            "dist": { "reference": "2222222222222222222222222222222222222222", "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/a/newa/zipball/2222222222222222222222222222222222222222", "type": "zip" },
+            "dist": { "reference": "2222222222222222222222222222222222222222", "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/a/newa/tarball/2222222222222222222222222222222222222222", "type": "tar", "shasum": "newsum" },
             "type": "library"
         },
         {
             "name": "b/b", "version": "2.0.3",
             "source": { "reference": "2222222222222222222222222222222222222222", "url": "https://github.com/b/newb", "type": "git" },
-            "dist": { "reference": "2222222222222222222222222222222222222222", "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/b/newb/zipball/2222222222222222222222222222222222222222", "type": "zip" },
+            "dist": { "reference": "2222222222222222222222222222222222222222", "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/b/newb/tarball/2222222222222222222222222222222222222222", "type": "tar", "shasum": "newsum" },
             "type": "library"
         },
         {
             "name": "c/c", "version": "1.0.0",
             "source": { "reference": "1111111111111111111111111111111111111111", "url": "https://github.com/c/newc", "type": "git" },
-            "dist": { "reference": "1111111111111111111111111111111111111111", "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/c/newc/zipball/1111111111111111111111111111111111111111", "type": "zip" },
+            "dist": { "reference": "1111111111111111111111111111111111111111", "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/c/newc/tarball/1111111111111111111111111111111111111111", "type": "tar", "shasum": "newsum" },
             "type": "library"
         },
         {
             "name": "d/d", "version": "dev-master",
             "source": { "reference": "1111111111111111111111111111111111111111", "url": "https://github.com/d/newd", "type": "git" },
-            "dist": { "reference": "1111111111111111111111111111111111111111", "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/d/newd/zipball/1111111111111111111111111111111111111111", "type": "zip" },
+            "dist": { "reference": "1111111111111111111111111111111111111111", "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/d/newd/tarball/1111111111111111111111111111111111111111", "type": "tar", "shasum": "newsum" },
             "type": "library"
         },
         {
             "name": "e/e", "version": "dev-master",
             "source": { "reference": "1111111111111111111111111111111111111111", "url": "https://github.com/e/newe", "type": "git" },
-            "dist": { "reference": "1111111111111111111111111111111111111111", "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/e/newe/zipball/1111111111111111111111111111111111111111", "type": "zip" },
+            "dist": { "reference": "1111111111111111111111111111111111111111", "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/e/newe/tarball/1111111111111111111111111111111111111111", "type": "tar", "shasum": "newsum" },
             "type": "library"
         },
         {
             "name": "f/f", "version": "dev-master",
             "source": { "reference": "1111111111111111111111111111111111111111", "url": "https://github.com/f/newf", "type": "git" },
-            "dist": { "reference": "1111111111111111111111111111111111111111", "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/f/newf/zipball/1111111111111111111111111111111111111111", "type": "zip" },
-            "type": "library"
+            "dist": { "reference": "1111111111111111111111111111111111111111", "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/f/newf/tarball/1111111111111111111111111111111111111111", "type": "tar", "shasum": "newsum" },
+            "type": "library",
+            "transport-options": { "foo": "bar2" }
         },
         {
             "name": "g/g", "version": "dev-master",
             "source": { "reference": "1111111111111111111111111111111111111111", "url": "https://github.com/g/newg", "type": "git" },
-            "dist": { "reference": "1111111111111111111111111111111111111111", "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/g/newg/zipball/1111111111111111111111111111111111111111", "type": "zip" },
+            "dist": { "reference": "1111111111111111111111111111111111111111", "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/g/newg/tarball/1111111111111111111111111111111111111111", "type": "tar", "shasum": "newsum" },
             "type": "library"
         }
     ],