Constructs the source package, uses
.B sbuild
to do a binary build, and uses mergechanges to merge the source and
-binary changes files. Options and argumments after sbuild will be
+binary changes files. Options and arguments after sbuild will be
passed on to sbuild. Changes files matching
.IB package _ version _*.changes
in the parent directory will be removed; the output is left in
\fBdgit git-build\fR ...
Runs
.B git-buildpackage
-with some suitable options. Options and argumments after git-build
+with some suitable options. Options and arguments after git-build
will be passed on to git-buildpackage.
Tagging, signing and actually uploading should be left to dgit push.
.BI -k keyid
Use
.I keyid
-for signing the tag and the upload.
+for signing the tag and the upload. The default comes from the
+distro's
+.B keyid
+config setting (see CONFIGURATION, below), or failing that, gnupg's
+default.
.TP
.BR --no-sign
does not sign tags or uploads (meaningful only with push).
which violates policy, but may work in practice.
.TP
.BR -N " | " --new
-The package may be new in this suite. Without this, dgit will
-refuse to push.
+The package is or may be new in this suite. Without this, dgit will
+refuse to push. It may (for Debian, will) be unable to access the git
+history for any packages which have been newly pushed and have not yet
+been published.
.TP
.BR --ignore-dirty
Do not complain if the working tree does not match your git HEAD.
See notes above regarding ssh and dgit.
NB that --gpg:option is not supported (because debsign does not
-have that facility). But see -k.
+have that facility).
+But see
+.B -k
+and the
+.B keyid
+distro config setting.
.TP
.BR -d "\fIdistro\fR | " --distro= \fIdistro\fR
Specifies that the suite to be operated on is part of distro
.BR dgit-distro. \fIdistro\fR .readonly " " auto | a " | " true | t | y | 1 " | " false | f | n | 0
Whether you have push access to the distro.
For Debian, it is OK to use auto, which uses readonly mode if you are
-not pushing right now,
-but setting this to false will avoid relying on the mirror of the dgit
+not pushing right now;
+but, setting this to false will avoid relying on the mirror of the dgit
git repository server.
.TP
.BI dgit-distro. distro .keyid
+See also
+.BR -k .
.TP
.BI dgit-distro. distro .mirror " url"
.TP