diff --git a/tools/mergeme.sh b/tools/mergeme.sh
index 97d0e615..52220e36 100755
--- a/tools/mergeme.sh
+++ b/tools/mergeme.sh
@@ -3,8 +3,5 @@
 source_branch=$0
 dest_branch=$1
 
-git reset --hard
-git checkout $dest_branch
-git pull
-git checkout $source_branch
-git merge $dest_branch
+cp mergetemp.sh /tmp/
+/tmp/mergetemp.sh $source_branch $dest_branch $(pwd)
diff --git a/tools/mergetemp.sh b/tools/mergetemp.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..7264c84d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/mergetemp.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+source_branch=$0
+dest_branch=$1
+path=$3
+cd $path
+git reset --hard
+git checkout $dest_branch
+git pull
+git checkout $source_branch
+git merge $dest_branch