diff --git a/js/scripts/release.sh b/js/scripts/release.sh
index fa62cd249..ff09a5ba8 100755
--- a/js/scripts/release.sh
+++ b/js/scripts/release.sh
@@ -35,13 +35,13 @@ git checkout -b $BRANCH
 
 echo "*** Committing compiled files for $UTCDATE"
 mv build ../build.new
-git pull origin/$BRANCH --commit --no-edit -X ours
+git merge origin/$BRANCH -X ours --commit -m "$UTCDATE [merge]"
 git rm build/*
-git commit -m "$UTCDATE [rm old]"
+git commit -m "$UTCDATE [cleanup]"
 mv -f ../build.new/* build/
 rm -rf ../build.new
 git add .
-git commit -m "$UTCDATE"
+git commit -m "$UTCDATE [update]"
 
 echo "*** Merging remote"
 git push origin HEAD:refs/heads/$BRANCH 2>$GITLOG
diff --git a/js/scripts/test.js b/js/scripts/test.js
index d29038fa8..829d1f8c3 100644
--- a/js/scripts/test.js
+++ b/js/scripts/test.js
@@ -1 +1 @@
-// test script
+// test script 2