diff --git a/news/1370.bugfix.md b/news/1370.bugfix.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0a9bf877cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/news/1370.bugfix.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fix unnecessary package downloads and VCS clones for certain commands.
diff --git a/src/pdm/installers/synchronizers.py b/src/pdm/installers/synchronizers.py
index 81acde1437..da73f471c1 100644
--- a/src/pdm/installers/synchronizers.py
+++ b/src/pdm/installers/synchronizers.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
+import dataclasses
 import functools
 import multiprocessing
 import traceback
@@ -11,7 +12,7 @@
 from pdm import termui
 from pdm.exceptions import InstallationError
 from pdm.installers.manager import InstallManager
-from pdm.models.candidates import Candidate
+from pdm.models.candidates import Candidate, make_candidate
 from pdm.models.environment import Environment
 from pdm.models.requirements import parse_requirement, strip_extras
 from pdm.utils import is_editable
@@ -140,8 +141,13 @@ def __init__(
                 if editables is not None:
                     candidates["editables"] = editables
         for key in keys:
-            if key in candidates:
-                candidates[key].req.editable = False
+            if key in candidates and candidates[key].req.editable:
+                # We do not do in-place update, which will break the caches
+                candidate = candidates[key]
+                req = dataclasses.replace(candidate.req, editable=False)
+                candidates[key] = make_candidate(
+                    req, candidate.name, candidate.version, candidate.link
+                )
         self.candidates = candidates
         self._manager: InstallManager | None = None
 
diff --git a/src/pdm/models/requirements.py b/src/pdm/models/requirements.py
index 7fbb6504bf..abfcd01456 100644
--- a/src/pdm/models/requirements.py
+++ b/src/pdm/models/requirements.py
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ def strip_extras(line: str) -> tuple[str, tuple[str, ...] | None]:
     return name, extras
 
 
-@dataclasses.dataclass
+@dataclasses.dataclass(eq=False)
 class Requirement:
     """Base class of a package requirement.
     A requirement is a (virtual) specification of a package which contains
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ def __hash__(self) -> int:
         return hash(self._hash_key())
 
     def __eq__(self, o: object) -> bool:
-        return isinstance(o, Requirement) and hash(self) == hash(o)
+        return isinstance(o, Requirement) and self._hash_key() == o._hash_key()
 
     @functools.lru_cache(maxsize=None)
     def identify(self) -> str:
@@ -233,17 +233,14 @@ def _format_marker(self) -> str:
         return ""
 
 
-@dataclasses.dataclass
+@dataclasses.dataclass(eq=False)
 class NamedRequirement(Requirement):
-    def __hash__(self) -> int:
-        return hash(self._hash_key())
-
     def as_line(self) -> str:
         extras = f"[{','.join(sorted(self.extras))}]" if self.extras else ""
         return f"{self.project_name}{extras}{self.specifier}{self._format_marker()}"
 
 
-@dataclasses.dataclass
+@dataclasses.dataclass(eq=False)
 class FileRequirement(Requirement):
     url: str = ""
     path: Path | None = None
@@ -260,9 +257,6 @@ def __post_init__(self) -> None:
     def _hash_key(self) -> tuple:
         return super()._hash_key() + (self.url, self.editable)
 
-    def __hash__(self) -> int:
-        return hash(self._hash_key())
-
     @classmethod
     def create(cls: type[T], **kwargs: Any) -> T:
         if kwargs.get("path"):
@@ -380,15 +374,12 @@ def _check_installable(self) -> None:
         self.name = result.name
 
 
-@dataclasses.dataclass
+@dataclasses.dataclass(eq=False)
 class VcsRequirement(FileRequirement):
     vcs: str = ""
     ref: str | None = None
     revision: str | None = None
 
-    def __hash__(self) -> int:
-        return hash(self._hash_key())
-
     def __post_init__(self) -> None:
         super().__post_init__()
         if not self.vcs:
diff --git a/src/pdm/resolver/providers.py b/src/pdm/resolver/providers.py
index 6b08d17574..643ffe4218 100644
--- a/src/pdm/resolver/providers.py
+++ b/src/pdm/resolver/providers.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 from resolvelib import AbstractProvider
 
 from pdm.models.candidates import Candidate, make_candidate
+from pdm.models.repositories import LockedRepository
 from pdm.models.requirements import parse_requirement, strip_extras
 from pdm.resolver.python import (
     PythonCandidate,
@@ -120,9 +121,12 @@ def get_override_candidates(self, identifier: str) -> Iterable[Candidate]:
         return self._find_candidates(parse_requirement(req))
 
     def _find_candidates(self, requirement: Requirement) -> Iterable[Candidate]:
-        if not requirement.is_named:
+        if not requirement.is_named and not isinstance(
+            self.repository, LockedRepository
+        ):
             can = make_candidate(requirement)
-            can.prepare(self.repository.environment).metadata
+            if not can.name:
+                can.prepare(self.repository.environment).metadata
             return [can]
         else:
             return self.repository.find_candidates(
@@ -165,6 +169,9 @@ def is_satisfied_by(self, requirement: Requirement, candidate: Candidate) -> boo
                 requirement.url  # type: ignore
             )
         version = candidate.version
+        if version is None:
+            # This should be a URL candidate, consider it to be matching
+            return True
         # Allow prereleases if: 1) it is not specified in the tool settings or
         # 2) the candidate doesn't come from PyPI index.
         allow_prereleases = (