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Han-Wen Nienhuys <hanwen@xs4all.nl> writes:

> Yes, that works, thanks. Wouldn't it be more consistent with this
> reasoning to disallow 
>
>   git pull . LOCAL-BRANCH 
>
> too?

I do not think so.

If somebody else (or yourself) did:

	$ git pull $dir LOCAL-BRANCH

(replace $dir with the `pwd` you would get in your repository),
that would work.  Why shouldn't it work for yourself?