diff --git a/src/applications/repository/daemon/commitdiscovery/base/PhabricatorRepositoryCommitDiscoveryDaemon.php b/src/applications/repository/daemon/commitdiscovery/base/PhabricatorRepositoryCommitDiscoveryDaemon.php
index 49a32a023a..bbc5422718 100644
--- a/src/applications/repository/daemon/commitdiscovery/base/PhabricatorRepositoryCommitDiscoveryDaemon.php
+++ b/src/applications/repository/daemon/commitdiscovery/base/PhabricatorRepositoryCommitDiscoveryDaemon.php
@@ -36,6 +36,11 @@ abstract class PhabricatorRepositoryCommitDiscoveryDaemon
     }
   }
 
+  final public function runOnce() {
+    $this->repository = $this->loadRepository();
+    $this->discoverCommits();
+  }
+
   protected function isKnownCommit($target) {
     if (isset($this->commitCache[$target])) {
       return true;