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@@ -208,8 +208,17 @@ Then, do a sync with this command:
 
 ```bash
 PATH="$HOME/bin:$PATH" ~/bin/git-subtree push -P compiler/rustc_codegen_gcc/ ../rustc_codegen_gcc/ sync_branch_name
+cd ../rustc_codegen_gcc
+git checkout master
+git pull
+git checkout sync_branch_name
+git merge master
 ```
 
+TODO: write a script that does the above.
+
+https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com/#narrow/stream/301329-t-devtools/topic/subtree.20madness/near/258877725
+
 ### How to use [mem-trace](https://github.com/antoyo/mem-trace)
 
 `rustc` needs to be built without `jemalloc` so that `mem-trace` can overload `malloc` since `jemalloc` is linked statically, so a `LD_PRELOAD`-ed library won't a chance to intercept the calls to `malloc`.