diff --git a/bug/bug.go b/bug/bug.go
index 8b5f4be943e209295e133adcabc852d40b9228b9..658d73e1517ead556c7b983a1678f0f31d826901 100644
--- a/bug/bug.go
+++ b/bug/bug.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 const BugsRefPattern = "refs/bugs/"
+const BugsRemoteRefPattern = "refs/remote/%s/bugs/"
 
 // Bug hold the data of a bug thread, organized in a way close to
 // how it will be persisted inside Git. This is the datastructure
diff --git a/commands/pull.go b/commands/pull.go
index b3541c0fa72a03518b18dcc8b3d0bbb77e9ecb28..105fce9ccd2d1241680f40c7e0412eefe3a40562 100644
--- a/commands/pull.go
+++ b/commands/pull.go
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ func pull(repo repository.Repo, args []string) error {
 		remote = args[0]
 	}
 
-	if err := repo.PullRefs(remote, bug.BugsRefPattern+"*"); err != nil {
+	if err := repo.PullRefs(remote, bug.BugsRefPattern+"*", bug.BugsRemoteRefPattern+"*"); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 	return nil
diff --git a/repository/git.go b/repository/git.go
index 8c20d0b8a30956410114fffc8b0ab6c12231109e..92c7bb63b64c6fd514c00702e29ae03920ca5065 100644
--- a/repository/git.go
+++ b/repository/git.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"github.com/MichaelMure/git-bug/util"
 	"io"
+	"os"
 	"os/exec"
 	"strings"
 )
@@ -58,6 +59,11 @@ func (repo *GitRepo) runGitCommand(args ...string) (string, error) {
 	return repo.runGitCommandWithStdin(nil, args...)
 }
 
+// Run the given git command using the same stdin, stdout, and stderr as the review tool.
+func (repo *GitRepo) runGitCommandInline(args ...string) error {
+	return repo.runGitCommandWithIO(os.Stdin, os.Stdout, os.Stderr, args...)
+}
+
 // NewGitRepo determines if the given working directory is inside of a git repository,
 // and returns the corresponding GitRepo instance if it is.
 func NewGitRepo(path string) (*GitRepo, error) {
@@ -99,9 +105,14 @@ func (repo *GitRepo) GetCoreEditor() (string, error) {
 }
 
 // PullRefs pull git refs from a remote
-func (repo *GitRepo) PullRefs(remote string, refPattern string) error {
-	fetchRefSpec := fmt.Sprintf("+%s:%s", refPattern, refPattern)
-	_, err := repo.runGitCommand("fetch", remote, fetchRefSpec)
+func (repo *GitRepo) PullRefs(remote, refPattern, remoteRefPattern string) error {
+	remoteRefSpec := fmt.Sprintf(remoteRefPattern, remote)
+	fetchRefSpec := fmt.Sprintf("%s:%s", refPattern, remoteRefSpec)
+	err := repo.runGitCommandInline("fetch", remote, fetchRefSpec)
+
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to pull from the remote '%s': %v", remote, err)
+	}
 
 	// TODO: merge new data
 
@@ -112,7 +123,8 @@ func (repo *GitRepo) PullRefs(remote string, refPattern string) error {
 func (repo *GitRepo) PushRefs(remote string, refPattern string) error {
 	// The push is liable to fail if the user forgot to do a pull first, so
 	// we treat errors as user errors rather than fatal errors.
-	_, err := repo.runGitCommand("push", remote, refPattern)
+	err := repo.runGitCommandInline("push", remote, refPattern)
+
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to push to the remote '%s': %v", remote, err)
 	}
diff --git a/repository/mock_repo.go b/repository/mock_repo.go
index e747eb24edc9844f535a47393e92e49548c05369..f9b070b431bd860d56571099084a42b604f6271f 100644
--- a/repository/mock_repo.go
+++ b/repository/mock_repo.go
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ func (r *mockRepoForTest) PushRefs(remote string, refPattern string) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (r *mockRepoForTest) PullRefs(remote string, refPattern string) error {
+func (r *mockRepoForTest) PullRefs(remote string, refPattern string, remoteRefPattern string) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
diff --git a/repository/repo.go b/repository/repo.go
index 3a30128f0e7b42db7b76475f419fb4c74a601759..a58f35d9a142128fe8034babcd89750199cd0511 100644
--- a/repository/repo.go
+++ b/repository/repo.go
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ type Repo interface {
 	GetCoreEditor() (string, error)
 
 	// PullRefs pull git refs from a remote
-	PullRefs(remote string, refPattern string) error
+	PullRefs(remote string, refPattern string, remoteRefPattern string) error
 
 	// PushRefs push git refs to a remote
 	PushRefs(remote string, refPattern string) error