diff --git a/src/doc/rustc-dev-guide/.github/workflows/rustc-pull.yml b/src/doc/rustc-dev-guide/.github/workflows/rustc-pull.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..dcb90b84d670e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/doc/rustc-dev-guide/.github/workflows/rustc-pull.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+name: rustc-pull
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+  schedule:
+    # Run at 04:00 UTC every Monday
+    - cron: '0 4 * * 1'
+
+jobs:
+  pull:
+    if: github.repository == 'rust-lang/rustc-dev-guide'
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: write
+      pull-requests: write
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          # We need the full history for josh to work
+          fetch-depth: '0'
+      - name: Install stable Rust toolchain
+        run: rustup update stable
+      - uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@v2
+        with:
+          workspaces: "josh-sync"
+          # Cache the josh directory with checked out rustc
+          cache-directories: "/home/runner/.cache/rustc-dev-guide-josh"
+      - name: Install josh
+        run: RUSTFLAGS="--cap-lints warn" cargo +stable install josh-proxy --git https://github.com/josh-project/josh --tag r24.10.04
+      - name: Setup bot git name and email
+        run: |
+          git config --global user.name 'The rustc-dev-guide Cronjob Bot'
+          git config --global user.email 'github-actions@github.com'
+      - name: Perform rustc-pull
+        run: cargo run --manifest-path josh-sync/Cargo.toml -- rustc-pull
+      - name: Push changes to a branch
+        run: |
+          # Update a sticky branch that is used only for rustc pulls
+          BRANCH="rustc-pull"
+          git switch -c $BRANCH
+          git push -u origin $BRANCH --force
+      - name: Create pull request
+        run: |
+          # Check if an open pull request for an rustc pull update already exists
+          # If it does, the previous push has just updated it
+          # If not, we create it now
+          RESULT=`gh pr list --author github-actions[bot] --state open -q 'map(select(.title=="Rustc pull update")) | length' --json title`
+          if [[ "$RESULT" -eq 0 ]]; then
+            echo "Creating new pull request"
+            gh pr create -B master --title 'Rustc pull update' --body 'Latest update from rustc.'
+          else
+            echo "Updated existing pull request"
+          fi
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/src/doc/rustc-dev-guide/josh-sync/src/sync.rs b/src/doc/rustc-dev-guide/josh-sync/src/sync.rs
index da21a4c9a27cb..eff80b1091d3b 100644
--- a/src/doc/rustc-dev-guide/josh-sync/src/sync.rs
+++ b/src/doc/rustc-dev-guide/josh-sync/src/sync.rs
@@ -45,6 +45,11 @@ impl GitSync {
         let josh_url =
             format!("http://localhost:{JOSH_PORT}/{UPSTREAM_REPO}.git@{commit}{JOSH_FILTER}.git");
 
+        let previous_base_commit = sh.read_file("rust-version")?.trim().to_string();
+        if previous_base_commit == commit {
+            return Err(anyhow::anyhow!("No changes since last pull"));
+        }
+
         // Update rust-version file. As a separate commit, since making it part of
         // the merge has confused the heck out of josh in the past.
         // We pass `--no-verify` to avoid running git hooks.
@@ -76,12 +81,22 @@ impl GitSync {
         };
         let num_roots_before = num_roots()?;
 
+        let sha = cmd!(sh, "git rev-parse HEAD").output().context("FAILED to get current commit")?.stdout;
+
         // Merge the fetched commit.
         const MERGE_COMMIT_MESSAGE: &str = "Merge from rustc";
         cmd!(sh, "git merge FETCH_HEAD --no-verify --no-ff -m {MERGE_COMMIT_MESSAGE}")
             .run()
             .context("FAILED to merge new commits, something went wrong")?;
 
+        let current_sha = cmd!(sh, "git rev-parse HEAD").output().context("FAILED to get current commit")?.stdout;
+        if current_sha == sha {
+            cmd!(sh, "git reset --hard HEAD^")
+                .run()
+                .expect("FAILED to clean up after creating the preparation commit");
+            return Err(anyhow::anyhow!("No merge was performed, nothing to pull. Rolled back the preparation commit."));
+        }
+
         // Check that the number of roots did not increase.
         if num_roots()? != num_roots_before {
             bail!("Josh created a new root commit. This is probably not the history you want.");
diff --git a/src/doc/rustc-dev-guide/triagebot.toml b/src/doc/rustc-dev-guide/triagebot.toml
index ccb0de862ef05..12aa0b7b8ff15 100644
--- a/src/doc/rustc-dev-guide/triagebot.toml
+++ b/src/doc/rustc-dev-guide/triagebot.toml
@@ -6,3 +6,6 @@ allow-unauthenticated = [
     "waiting-on-author",
     "blocked",
 ]
+
+# Automatically close and reopen PRs made by bots to run CI on them
+[bot-pull-requests]