dgit(1): baredebian: Add caveat about not checking edits

[dgit.git] / dgit.1

diff --git a/dgit.1 b/dgit.1
index 337b0637f0f57ca47fba93ee3cc55cfa049bf64c..3aebe8e26a98f640ca39b65489b6e90df4d582ab 100644 (file)
--- a/dgit.1
+++ b/dgit.1
@@ -887,11 +887,15 @@ patches in debian/patches).
 
 .B --quilt=baredebian
 specifies that your HEAD contains only a debian/ directory,
-with any changes to upstream .gitignore files are represented as
+with any changes to upstream files represented as
 patches in debian/patches.
 The upstream source must be available in git,
 by default, in a suitably named git tag;
 see --upstream-commitish.
+In this mode, dgit cannot check that
+all edited upstream files are properly represented as patches:
+dgit relies on
+debian/patches being correct.
 
 With --quilt=gbp|dpm|unapplied|baredebian,
 dgit push (or precursors like quilt-fixup and build) will automatically
@@ -966,7 +970,7 @@ splits the view regardless of the source format and the quilt mode.
 will cause dgit to fail if split view is needed.
 
 When split view is in operation, the dgit view is visible
-in your git tree,
+in your local git clone,
 but only in refs specific to dgit:
 notably
 .BI remotes/dgit/dgit/ suite