Running arbitrary commands in git aliases to list names of changed files on a pull -r

.gitconfig

[alias]
	thisbranch = !"git branch --no-color | sed -e '/^[^*]/d' -e 's/* //' "
	pull-names = !"git fetch && \
		echo 'Checking for diffs...' && \
		git diff --name-only origin/`git thisbranch` && \
		git pull -r origin `git thisbranch`"

edited out some copy-paste detris