Tagging, signing and actually uploading should be left to dgit push.
.TP
-\fBdgit git-build\fR ...
+\fBdgit gbp-build\fR ...
Runs
.B git-buildpackage
-with some suitable options. Options and arguments after git-build
+with some suitable options. Options and arguments after gbp-build
will be passed on to git-buildpackage.
Tagging, signing and actually uploading should be left to dgit push.
.BR gpg ,
.BR ssh ,
.BR dgit ,
+.BR git ,
or
.BR mergechanges .
Usually, for passing options to dpkg-genchanges, you should use
.BR --ch: \fIoption\fR.
+Specifying --git not effective for some lower-level read-only git
+operations performed by dgit, and also not when git is invoked by
+another program run by dgit.
+
See notes above regarding ssh and dgit.
NB that --gpg:option is not supported (because debsign does not