diff --git a/src/scripts/merge_tools/gitmerge.sh b/src/scripts/merge_tools/gitmerge.sh
index 62f441671a..79e69c1687 100755
--- a/src/scripts/merge_tools/gitmerge.sh
+++ b/src/scripts/merge_tools/gitmerge.sh
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env sh
 
 # usage: ./gitmerge.sh <clone_dir> <branch-1> <branch-2> <git_strategy>
+# Merges branch2 into branch1, in <clone_dir>, using merge strategy <git_strategy>.
 # <clone_dir> must contain a clone of a repository.
 # <git_strategy> is arguments to `git merge`, including -s and possibly -X.
-# Merges branch2 into branch1, in <clone_dir>, using merge strategy <git_strategy>.
 # Return code is 0 for merge success, 1 for merge failure, 2 for script failure.
 # For merge failure, also outputs "Conflict" and aborts the merge.
 
diff --git a/src/scripts/merge_tools/merge_git_then_plumelib.sh b/src/scripts/merge_tools/merge_git_then_plumelib.sh
index 7d670b8ff9..a51b0ba564 100755
--- a/src/scripts/merge_tools/merge_git_then_plumelib.sh
+++ b/src/scripts/merge_tools/merge_git_then_plumelib.sh
@@ -26,19 +26,19 @@ echo "$0: Merging $branch1 and $branch2 with git_strategy=$git_strategy and plum
 cd "$clone_dir" || (echo "$0: cannot cd to $clone_dir" ; exit 2)
 
 git checkout "$branch1" --force
-
 git config --local merge.conflictstyle diff3
 git config --local mergetool.prompt false
-git config --local merge.tool merge-plumelib
-# shellcheck disable=SC2016
-git config --local mergetool.merge-plumelib.cmd 'java-merge-tool.sh '"$plumelib_strategy"' ${BASE} ${LOCAL} ${REMOTE} ${MERGED}'
-git config --local mergetool.merge-plumelib.trustExitCode true
 
 # shellcheck disable=SC2086
 git merge --no-edit $git_strategy "$branch2"
 
 ## Now, run Plume-lib Merging to improve the result of `git merge`.
 
+git config --local merge.tool merge-plumelib
+# shellcheck disable=SC2016
+git config --local mergetool.merge-plumelib.cmd 'java-merge-tool.sh '"$plumelib_strategy"' ${BASE} ${LOCAL} ${REMOTE} ${MERGED}'
+git config --local mergetool.merge-plumelib.trustExitCode true
+
 case "$plumelib_strategy" in
     *"--no-imports"* | *"--only-adjacent"* | *"--only-annotations"* | *"--only-version-numbers"*)
         # The "imports" merger is not being used, so don't use the "--all" command-line option.