git pull question

From: Geoff Russell <geoffrey.russell@gmail.com>
Date: Jul 26, 2010, 01:56 UTC
Message-ID: <AANLkTimHg2wtNj2BmJKJfoisoqNEExC=jNU5wB95Bsre@mail.gmail.com>

Hi,

Assuming I already have a branch called brA

$ git checkout master $ git pull origin refs/heads/brA:brA

The pull here seems to update both the current branch as well as brA? Is this intentional?

Cheers, Geoff.

PS. git is at 1.6.2.3

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