diff --git a/sys/src/cmd/git/pull b/sys/src/cmd/git/pull
index 10fbf626b..ebc119020 100755
--- a/sys/src/cmd/git/pull
+++ b/sys/src/cmd/git/pull
@@ -63,10 +63,15 @@ if(! ~ `{git/query HEAD $remote @} `{git/query HEAD}){
 	}
 	exit diverged
 }
+
+oldcommit=`{git/query $local}
+newcommit=`{git/query $remote}
+echo $remote':' $oldcommit '=>' `$newcommit
+git/branch -mnb $remote $local
+
 # The remote is directly ahead of the local, and we have
 # no local commits that need merging.
 if(~ $#quiet 0)
-	git/log -s -e $local'..'$remote
-echo $remote':' `{git/query $local} '=>' `{git/query $remote}
-git/branch -mnb $remote $local
+	git/log -s -e $oldcommit'..'$newcommit
+
 exit ''