--- a/contrib/automation/hgautomation/linux.py	Thu Jul 25 21:28:29 2019 +0900
+++ b/contrib/automation/hgautomation/linux.py	Sun Jul 28 18:16:08 2019 -0700
@@ -489,7 +489,11 @@
             'ssh://%s//hgwork/src' % public_ip,
         ]
 
-        subprocess.run(args, cwd=str(source_path), env=env, check=True)
+        res = subprocess.run(args, cwd=str(source_path), env=env)
+
+        # Allow 1 (no-op) to not trigger error.
+        if res.returncode not in (0, 1):
+            res.check_returncode()
 
         # TODO support synchronizing dirty working directory.