diff --git a/build/land1.sh b/build/land1.sh
index da2df67da12da38e7c0b3b85d4932b526e9de6e0..b0728c8132df53ac8a09a7977381198804cbd5c8 100755
--- a/build/land1.sh
+++ b/build/land1.sh
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ dir=${3:-.}
 module=$(basename $(<$dir/CVS/Repository))
 
 if [ "$module" = "lustre" ] ; then
-    echo >&2 "${progname}: You probably want to land lustre or portals, not the whole tree."
+    echo >&2 "${progname}: You probably want to land lustre or lnet, not the whole tree."
     echo >&2 "${progname}: Try using ${0} $parent $child lustre"
     exit 1
 fi
diff --git a/build/land2.sh b/build/land2.sh
index 26dce768c9629408dabd2d2ce67280ff438e385d..f662c242a89573fb28ee0263ee83afa584965e93 100755
--- a/build/land2.sh
+++ b/build/land2.sh
@@ -9,6 +9,12 @@ fi
 
 . .mergeinfo
 
+if [ "$OPERATION" -ne "Land" ] ; then
+    echo "OPERATION must be Land - is $OPERATION"
+    echo "You should probably be running ${OPERATION}2.sh"
+    exit
+fi
+
 if [ -f "$CONFLICTS" ] ; then
     echo "$CONFLICTS exists - clean up first"
     cat $CONFLICTS
diff --git a/build/replace1.sh b/build/replace1.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..8a571378e3a22e80ff9004d0269a17d21f3aa07c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/replace1.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,129 @@
+#!/bin/sh -e 
+
+progname=${0##*/}
+
+CONFLICTS=cvs-merge-conflicts
+CVS=cvs
+
+if [ -f .mergeinfo ] ; then
+    echo ".mergeinfo exists - clean up first"
+    exit 
+fi
+
+if [ -f $CONFLICTS ] ; then
+    echo "$CONFLICTS exists - clean up first"
+    exit 
+fi
+
+if [ $# -lt 2 -o $# -gt 3 ]; then
+    echo "This is phase 1 of replacing branches. Usage: $0 parent(old) child(new) [dir]"
+    exit
+fi
+
+parent=$1
+PARENT=`echo $parent | sed -e "s/^b_//" | tr "[a-z]" "[A-Z]"`
+child=$2
+CHILD=`echo $child | sed -e "s/^b_//" | tr "[a-z]" "[A-Z]"`
+date=`date +%Y%m%d_%H%M`
+
+dir=${3:-.}
+module=$(basename $(<$dir/CVS/Repository))
+
+if [ "$module" = "lustre" ] ; then
+    echo >&2 "${progname}: You probably want to land lustre or lnet, not the whole tree."
+    echo >&2 "${progname}: Try using ${0} $parent $child lustre"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+case $parent in
+  HEAD) : ;;
+  b_*|b[1-4]*) : ;;
+  *) parent="b_$parent" ;;
+esac
+case $child in
+  HEAD) : ;;
+  b_*|b[1-4]*) : ;;
+  *) child="b_$child"
+esac
+
+if [ "$parent" != "HEAD" -a "`cat $dir/CVS/Tag 2> /dev/null`" != "T$parent" ]; then
+        echo "${progname}: this script must be run within the $parent branch"
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+TEST_FILE=${TEST_FILE:-ChangeLog} # does this need to be smarter?
+check_tag() {
+	[ -z "$1" ] && echo "check_tag() missing arg" && exit3
+	[ "$1" = "HEAD" ] && return
+	$CVS log ${dir%%/*}/$TEST_FILE 2> /dev/null | grep -q "	$1: " && return
+	echo "${progname}: tag $1 not found in $dir/$TEST_FILE"
+	exit 2
+}
+
+check_tag $child
+check_tag ${CHILD}_BASE
+
+cat << EOF > ".mergeinfo"
+parent=$parent
+PARENT=$PARENT
+child=$child
+CHILD=$CHILD
+date=$date
+module=$module
+dir=$dir
+CONFLICTS=$CONFLICTS
+OPERATION=Replace
+OPERWHERE=onto
+EOF
+
+echo PARENT $PARENT parent $parent CHILD $CHILD child $child date $date
+
+# Update your tree to the PARENT branch; HEAD is not really a branch, so you
+# need to update -A instead of update -r HEAD, or the commit will fail. -p
+echo -n "Updating to $parent ...."
+if [ $parent == "HEAD" ]; then
+  $CVS update -AdP $dir
+else
+  $CVS update -r $parent -dP $dir
+fi
+echo "done"
+
+# Tag parent before merge
+echo -n "Tagging as ${PARENT}_${CHILD}_REPLACE_PARENT_$date ..."
+$CVS tag ${PARENT}_${CHILD}_REPLACE_PARENT_$date $dir
+echo "done"
+
+# Tag child before merge
+echo -n "Create land point on ${child} ${PARENT}_${CHILD}_REPLACE_CHILD_$date ..."
+$CVS tag -r ${child} ${PARENT}_${CHILD}_REPLACE_CHILD_$date $dir
+echo "done"
+
+# In case someone tries to re-land later
+echo -n "Preserve old base tag ${CHILD}_BASE as ${CHILD}_BASE_PREV ..."
+$CVS tag -F -r ${CHILD}_BASE ${CHILD}_BASE_PREV $dir
+echo "done"
+
+# Apply all of the changes to your local tree:
+echo -n "Updating as -j $parent -j $child ..."
+$CVS update -j $parent -j $child $dir
+echo "done"
+
+echo -n "Recording conflicts in $CONFLICTS ..."
+$CVS update | awk '/^C/ { print $2 }' > $CONFLICTS
+if [ -s $CONFLICTS ] ; then
+    echo "Conflicts found, fix before committing."
+    cat $CONFLICTS
+fi
+
+$CVS diff --brief -r $CHILD $dir >> $CONFLICTS  
+if [ -s $CONFLICTS ] ; then
+    echo "Danger! The child branch $CHILD differs from the updated branch $dir"
+    cat $CONFLICTS
+else 
+    echo "No conflicts found"
+    rm -f $CONFLICTS
+fi
+
+echo "done"
+
+echo "Build, test, commit and then run replace2.sh (no arguments)"
diff --git a/build/replace2.sh b/build/replace2.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..71a03fda14e66b395541780c1f3225875b97e845
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/replace2.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+#!/bin/sh -e 
+
+CVS=cvs
+
+if [ ! -f .mergeinfo ] ; then
+    echo ".mergeinfo doesn't exist - exit"
+    exit 
+fi
+
+. .mergeinfo
+
+if [ "$OPERATION" -ne "Replace" ] ; then
+    echo "OPERATION must be Replace - is $OPERATION"
+    echo "You should probably be running ${OPERATION}2.sh"
+    exit
+fi
+
+if [ -f "$CONFLICTS" ] ; then
+    echo "$CONFLICTS exists - clean up first"
+    cat $CONFLICTS
+    exit 
+fi
+
+cvs update $dir 2>&1 | grep "^M" && echo "uncommitted changes" && exit 1
+
+# Tag parent
+echo -n "Tagging as ${CHILD}_REPLACED_${PARENT}_$date ..."
+$CVS tag -F ${CHILD}_REPLACED_${PARENT}_$date $dir
+echo "done"
+# In case someone tries to re-land later
+echo -n "Tagging as ${CHILD}_BASE ..."
+$CVS tag -F ${CHILD}_BASE $dir
+
+echo "saving .mergeinfo as .mergeinfo-$date"
+mv .mergeinfo .mergeinfo-$date
+echo "done"