diff --git a/lib/git/base.rb b/lib/git/base.rb
index dd9b6bb7..61761f6e 100644
--- a/lib/git/base.rb
+++ b/lib/git/base.rb
@@ -332,9 +332,8 @@ def each_conflict(&block) # :yields: file, your_version, their_version
     end
 
     # fetches a branch from a remote and merges it into the current working branch
-    def pull(remote = 'origin', branch = 'master', message = 'origin pull')
-      fetch(remote)
-      merge(branch, message)
+    def pull(remote = 'origin', branch = 'master')
+			self.lib.pull(remote, branch)
     end
     
     # returns an array of Git:Remote objects
diff --git a/lib/git/lib.rb b/lib/git/lib.rb
index 21de727a..3fce1c65 100644
--- a/lib/git/lib.rb
+++ b/lib/git/lib.rb
@@ -541,7 +541,11 @@ def push(remote, branch = 'master', tags = false)
       command('push', [remote, branch])
       command('push', ['--tags', remote]) if tags
     end
-    
+
+		def pull(remote = 'origin', branch = 'master')
+			command('pull', [remote, branch])
+		end
+
     def tag_sha(tag_name)
       head = File.join(@git_dir, 'refs', 'tags', tag_name)
       return File.read(head).chomp if File.exists?(head)
diff --git a/lib/git/path.rb b/lib/git/path.rb
index 22473a20..b78553ef 100644
--- a/lib/git/path.rb
+++ b/lib/git/path.rb
@@ -24,6 +24,6 @@ def to_s
       @path
     end
     
-  end
+ end
 
 end