diff --git a/src/bin/ent/main.rs b/src/bin/ent/main.rs
index 1c9ddaa..1363641 100644
--- a/src/bin/ent/main.rs
+++ b/src/bin/ent/main.rs
@@ -45,6 +45,15 @@ enum Commands {
         issue_id: String,
         description: Option<String>,
     },
+
+    /// Sync entomologist data with remote.  This fetches from the remote,
+    /// merges the remote entomologist data branch with the local one,
+    /// and pushes the result back to the remote.
+    Sync {
+        /// Name of the git remote to sync with.
+        #[arg(default_value_t = String::from("origin"))]
+        remote: String,
+    },
 }
 
 fn handle_command(args: &Args, issues_dir: &std::path::Path) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
@@ -154,6 +163,24 @@ fn handle_command(args: &Args, issues_dir: &std::path::Path) -> anyhow::Result<(
                 }
             }
         }
+
+        Commands::Sync { remote } => {
+            if args.issues_dir.is_some() {
+                return Err(anyhow::anyhow!(
+                    "`sync` operates on a branch, don't specify `issues_dir`"
+                ));
+            }
+            // FIXME: Kinda bogus to re-do this thing we just did in
+            // `main()`.  Maybe `main()` shouldn't create the worktree,
+            // maybe we should do it here in `handle_command()`?
+            // That way also each command could decide if it wants a
+            // read-only worktree or a read/write one.
+            let branch = match &args.issues_branch {
+                Some(branch) => branch,
+                None => "entomologist-data",
+            };
+            entomologist::git::sync(issues_dir, remote, branch)?;
+        }
     }
 
     Ok(())
diff --git a/src/git.rs b/src/git.rs
index caa5e4b..30f703e 100644
--- a/src/git.rs
+++ b/src/git.rs
@@ -124,6 +124,62 @@ pub fn git_commit_file(file: &std::path::Path) -> Result<(), GitError> {
     Ok(())
 }
 
+pub fn git_fetch(dir: &std::path::Path, remote: &str) -> Result<(), GitError> {
+    let result = std::process::Command::new("git")
+        .args(["fetch", remote])
+        .current_dir(dir)
+        .output()?;
+    if !result.status.success() {
+        println!("stdout: {}", std::str::from_utf8(&result.stdout).unwrap());
+        println!("stderr: {}", std::str::from_utf8(&result.stderr).unwrap());
+        return Err(GitError::Oops);
+    }
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+pub fn sync(dir: &std::path::Path, remote: &str, branch: &str) -> Result<(), GitError> {
+    // We do all the work in a directory that's (FIXME) hopefully a
+    // worktree.  If anything goes wrong we just fail out and ask the
+    // human to fix it by hand :-/
+    // 1. `git fetch`
+    // 2. `git merge REMOTE/BRANCH`
+    // 3. `git push REMOTE BRANCH`
+
+    git_fetch(dir, remote)?;
+
+    // Merge remote branch into local.
+    let result = std::process::Command::new("git")
+        .args(["merge", &format!("{}/{}", remote, branch)])
+        .current_dir(dir)
+        .output()?;
+    if !result.status.success() {
+        println!(
+            "Sync failed!  Merge error!  Help, a human needs to fix the mess in {:?}",
+            dir
+        );
+        println!("stdout: {}", std::str::from_utf8(&result.stdout).unwrap());
+        println!("stderr: {}", std::str::from_utf8(&result.stderr).unwrap());
+        return Err(GitError::Oops);
+    }
+
+    // Push merged branch to remote.
+    let result = std::process::Command::new("git")
+        .args(["push", remote, branch])
+        .current_dir(dir)
+        .output()?;
+    if !result.status.success() {
+        println!(
+            "Sync failed!  Push error!  Help, a human needs to fix the mess in {:?}",
+            dir
+        );
+        println!("stdout: {}", std::str::from_utf8(&result.stdout).unwrap());
+        println!("stderr: {}", std::str::from_utf8(&result.stderr).unwrap());
+        return Err(GitError::Oops);
+    }
+
+    Ok(())
+}
+
 pub fn create_orphan_branch(branch: &str) -> Result<(), GitError> {
     {
         let tmp_worktree = tempfile::tempdir().unwrap();
diff --git a/src/issue.rs b/src/issue.rs
index c762c82..e099616 100644
--- a/src/issue.rs
+++ b/src/issue.rs
@@ -75,7 +75,6 @@ impl fmt::Display for State {
             State::InProgress => "inprogress",
             State::Done => "done",
             State::WontDo => "wontdo",
-            
         };
         write!(f, "{fmt_str}")
     }
@@ -145,7 +144,6 @@ impl Issue {
         let mut dir = std::path::PathBuf::from(&self.dir);
         dir.push("comments");
         if !dir.exists() {
-            println!("creating {}", dir.to_string_lossy());
             std::fs::create_dir(&dir)?;
         }