diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index bd640b6de3..880c776c25 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -29,6 +29,10 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ### Fixed bugs
 
+* (#463) A bug in the export of branches to Git caused spurious conflicted
+  branches. This typically occurred when running in a working copy colocated
+  with Git (created by running `jj init --git-dir=.`).
+
 * `jj edit root` now fails gracefully.
 
 * `jj git import` used to abandon a commit if Git branches and tags referring
diff --git a/lib/src/git.rs b/lib/src/git.rs
index 707128e131..b3c7eaaa06 100644
--- a/lib/src/git.rs
+++ b/lib/src/git.rs
@@ -179,10 +179,11 @@ pub enum GitExportError {
 /// Returns a stripped-down repo view of the state we just exported, to be used
 /// as `old_view` next time.
 fn export_changes(
+    mut_repo: &mut MutableRepo,
     old_view: &View,
-    new_view: &View,
     git_repo: &git2::Repository,
 ) -> Result<crate::op_store::View, GitExportError> {
+    let new_view = mut_repo.view();
     let old_branches: HashSet<_> = old_view.branches().keys().cloned().collect();
     let new_branches: HashSet<_> = new_view.branches().keys().cloned().collect();
     let mut exported_view = old_view.store_view().clone();
@@ -239,11 +240,16 @@ fn export_changes(
     }
     for (git_ref_name, new_target) in refs_to_update {
         git_repo.reference(&git_ref_name, new_target, true, "export from jj")?;
+        mut_repo.set_git_ref(
+            git_ref_name,
+            RefTarget::Normal(CommitId::from_bytes(new_target.as_bytes())),
+        );
     }
     for git_ref_name in refs_to_delete {
         if let Ok(mut git_ref) = git_repo.find_reference(&git_ref_name) {
             git_ref.delete()?;
         }
+        mut_repo.remove_git_ref(&git_ref_name);
     }
     Ok(exported_view)
 }
@@ -268,7 +274,7 @@ pub fn export_refs(
             crate::op_store::View::default()
         };
     let last_export_view = View::new(last_export_store_view);
-    let new_export_store_view = export_changes(&last_export_view, mut_repo.view(), git_repo)?;
+    let new_export_store_view = export_changes(mut_repo, &last_export_view, git_repo)?;
     if let Ok(mut last_export_file) = OpenOptions::new()
         .write(true)
         .create(true)
diff --git a/lib/src/repo.rs b/lib/src/repo.rs
index a995aa8dd7..817c3f8ea7 100644
--- a/lib/src/repo.rs
+++ b/lib/src/repo.rs
@@ -770,6 +770,10 @@ impl MutableRepo {
         self.view_mut().remove_tag(name);
     }
 
+    pub fn get_git_ref(&self, name: &str) -> Option<RefTarget> {
+        self.view.borrow().get_git_ref(name)
+    }
+
     pub fn set_git_ref(&mut self, name: String, target: RefTarget) {
         self.view_mut().set_git_ref(name, target);
     }
diff --git a/lib/src/view.rs b/lib/src/view.rs
index e9f2225956..7da6258717 100644
--- a/lib/src/view.rs
+++ b/lib/src/view.rs
@@ -232,6 +232,10 @@ impl View {
         self.data.tags.remove(name);
     }
 
+    pub fn get_git_ref(&self, name: &str) -> Option<RefTarget> {
+        self.data.git_refs.get(name).cloned()
+    }
+
     pub fn set_git_ref(&mut self, name: String, target: RefTarget) {
         self.data.git_refs.insert(name, target);
     }
diff --git a/lib/tests/test_git.rs b/lib/tests/test_git.rs
index 70d7f98f31..2e7fe641b1 100644
--- a/lib/tests/test_git.rs
+++ b/lib/tests/test_git.rs
@@ -417,6 +417,10 @@ fn test_export_refs_no_detach() {
 
     // Do an initial export to make sure `main` is considered
     assert_eq!(git::export_refs(mut_repo, &git_repo), Ok(()));
+    assert_eq!(
+        mut_repo.get_git_ref("refs/heads/main"),
+        Some(RefTarget::Normal(jj_id(&commit1)))
+    );
     assert_eq!(git_repo.head().unwrap().name(), Some("refs/heads/main"));
     assert_eq!(
         git_repo.find_reference("refs/heads/main").unwrap().target(),
@@ -441,6 +445,10 @@ fn test_export_refs_no_op() {
     // The export should be a no-op since nothing changed on the jj side since last
     // export
     assert_eq!(git::export_refs(mut_repo, &git_repo), Ok(()));
+    assert_eq!(
+        mut_repo.get_git_ref("refs/heads/main"),
+        Some(RefTarget::Normal(jj_id(&commit1)))
+    );
     assert_eq!(git_repo.head().unwrap().name(), Some("refs/heads/main"));
     assert_eq!(
         git_repo.find_reference("refs/heads/main").unwrap().target(),
@@ -477,6 +485,11 @@ fn test_export_refs_branch_changed() {
     );
     mut_repo.remove_local_branch("delete-me");
     assert_eq!(git::export_refs(mut_repo, &git_repo), Ok(()));
+    assert_eq!(
+        mut_repo.get_git_ref("refs/heads/main"),
+        Some(RefTarget::Normal(new_commit.id().clone()))
+    );
+    assert_eq!(mut_repo.get_git_ref("refs/heads/delete-me"), None);
     assert_eq!(
         git_repo
             .find_reference("refs/heads/main")
@@ -512,6 +525,10 @@ fn test_export_refs_current_branch_changed() {
         RefTarget::Normal(new_commit.id().clone()),
     );
     assert_eq!(git::export_refs(mut_repo, &git_repo), Ok(()));
+    assert_eq!(
+        mut_repo.get_git_ref("refs/heads/main"),
+        Some(RefTarget::Normal(new_commit.id().clone()))
+    );
     assert_eq!(
         git_repo
             .find_reference("refs/heads/main")
@@ -543,6 +560,10 @@ fn test_export_refs_unborn_git_branch() {
         RefTarget::Normal(new_commit.id().clone()),
     );
     assert_eq!(git::export_refs(mut_repo, &git_repo), Ok(()));
+    assert_eq!(
+        mut_repo.get_git_ref("refs/heads/main"),
+        Some(RefTarget::Normal(new_commit.id().clone()))
+    );
     assert_eq!(
         git_repo
             .find_reference("refs/heads/main")
@@ -579,12 +600,20 @@ fn test_export_import_sequence() {
         .reference("refs/heads/main", git_id(&commit_a), true, "test")
         .unwrap();
     git::import_refs(mut_repo, &git_repo).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(
+        mut_repo.get_git_ref("refs/heads/main"),
+        Some(RefTarget::Normal(commit_a.id().clone()))
+    );
 
     // Modify the branch in jj to point to B
     mut_repo.set_local_branch("main".to_string(), RefTarget::Normal(commit_b.id().clone()));
 
     // Export the branch to git
     assert_eq!(git::export_refs(mut_repo, &git_repo), Ok(()));
+    assert_eq!(
+        mut_repo.get_git_ref("refs/heads/main"),
+        Some(RefTarget::Normal(commit_b.id().clone()))
+    );
 
     // Modify the branch in git to point to C
     git_repo
@@ -593,13 +622,13 @@ fn test_export_import_sequence() {
 
     // Import from git
     git::import_refs(mut_repo, &git_repo).unwrap();
-    // TODO: The branch should point to C, it shouldn't be a conflict
+    assert_eq!(
+        mut_repo.get_git_ref("refs/heads/main"),
+        Some(RefTarget::Normal(commit_c.id().clone()))
+    );
     assert_eq!(
         mut_repo.view().get_local_branch("main"),
-        Some(RefTarget::Conflict {
-            removes: vec![commit_a.id().clone()],
-            adds: vec![commit_b.id().clone(), commit_c.id().clone()],
-        })
+        Some(RefTarget::Normal(commit_c.id().clone()))
     );
 }
 
diff --git a/tests/test_git_colocated.rs b/tests/test_git_colocated.rs
index bf04a94d45..e8dd45d5b7 100644
--- a/tests/test_git_colocated.rs
+++ b/tests/test_git_colocated.rs
@@ -168,10 +168,10 @@ fn test_git_colocated_branches() {
             "test",
         )
         .unwrap();
-    // TODO: Shouldn't be a conflict
     insta::assert_snapshot!(get_log_output(&test_env, &workspace_root), @r###"
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-    | o 6c0e140886d181602ae7a8e1ac41bc3094842370 master?
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+    @ eb08b363bb5ef8ee549314260488980d7bbe8f63 
+    | o 6c0e140886d181602ae7a8e1ac41bc3094842370 master
     |/  
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     o 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000