Scripts should not care about closed tree when committing.

tools/merge-to-branch.sh

 #!/bin/bash
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 upload_step
 
 let CURRENT_STEP+=1
 if [ $START_STEP -le $CURRENT_STEP ] ; then
   echo ">>> Step $CURRENT_STEP: Commit to the repository."
   restore_if_unset "MERGE_TO_BRANCH"
   git checkout $BRANCHNAME \
     || die "cannot ensure that the current branch is $BRANCHNAME"
   wait_for_lgtm
-  git cl dcommit || die "failed to commit to $MERGE_TO_BRANCH"
+  PRESUBMIT_TREE_CHECK="skip" git cl dcommit \
+    || die "failed to commit to $MERGE_TO_BRANCH"
 fi
 
 let CURRENT_STEP+=1
 if [ $START_STEP -le $CURRENT_STEP ] ; then
   echo ">>> Step $CURRENT_STEP: Determine svn commit revision"
   restore_if_unset "NEW_COMMIT_MSG"
   restore_if_unset "MERGE_TO_BRANCH"
   git svn fetch || die "'git svn fetch' failed."
   COMMIT_HASH=$(git log -1 --format=%H --grep="$NEW_COMMIT_MSG" \
     svn/$MERGE_TO_BRANCH)
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   restore_if_unset "TO_URL"
   restore_if_unset "REVISION_LIST"
   restore_version_if_unset "NEW"
   common_cleanup
   echo "*** SUMMARY ***"
   echo "version: $NEWMAJOR.$NEWMINOR.$NEWBUILD.$NEWPATCH"
   echo "branch: $TO_URL"
   echo "svn revision: $SVN_REVISION"
   [[ -n "$REVISION_LIST" ]] && echo "patches:$REVISION_LIST"
 fi