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@@ -66,8 +66,13 @@ Update the `insertTargetBranch` value at the bottom of `azure-pipelines.yml` in
 ### When VS `main` is open for insertions for preview releases of VS:
 
 1. Create a new `release/dev*` branch (e.g., `release/dev17.4`) and initially set its HEAD commit to that of the previous release (e.g., `release/dev17.3` in this case).
-2. Set the new branch to receive auto-merges from `main`, and also set the old release branch to flow into the new one.  [This PR](https://github.com/dotnet/roslyn-tools/pull/1245/files) is a good example of what to do when a new `release/dev17.4` branch is created that should receive merges from both `main` and the previous release branch, `release/dev17.3`.
-3. Set the packages from the new branch to flow into the correct package feeds via the `darc` tool.  To do this:
+   ```console
+   git checkout -b release/dev17.4
+   git reset --hard upstream/release/dev17.3
+   git push --set-upstream upstream release/dev17.4
+   ```
+3. Set the new branch to receive auto-merges from `main`, and also set the old release branch to flow into the new one.  [This PR](https://github.com/dotnet/roslyn-tools/pull/1245/files) is a good example of what to do when a new `release/dev17.4` branch is created that should receive merges from both `main` and the previous release branch, `release/dev17.3`.
+4. Set the packages from the new branch to flow into the correct package feeds via the `darc` tool.  To do this:
    1. Ensure the latest `darc` tool is installed by running `eng/common/darc-init.ps1`.
    2. (only needed once) Run the command `darc authenticate`.  A text file will be opened with instructions on how to populate access tokens.
    3. Check the current package/channel subscriptions by running `darc get-default-channels --source-repo fsharp`.  For this example, notice that the latest subscription shows the F# branch `release/dev17.3` is getting added to the `VS 17.3` channel.