.B GITATTRIBUTES
in
.BR dgit(7) .
+Note that only attributes affecting the working tree are suppressed.
+git-archive may remain exciting.
If there is an existing macro attribute line
.B [attr]dgit-defuse-attrs
of the version in the archive
according to the git revision history.
+It is safer not to specify
+.IR previous-version ,
+and usually it's not needed.
+Just say
+.BR --overwrite ,
+unless you know what you are doing.
+
This option is useful if you are the maintainer, and you have
incorporated NMU changes into your own git workflow in a way that
doesn't make your branch a fast forward from the NMU.