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
plus appropriate diffs and cherry picks from the dgit remote tracking
branch, construct a git commit whose tree corresponds to the tree to use for the
next upload. If that commit-to-be-uploaded is not a descendant of the
-dig remote tracking branch, check it out and say
+dgit remote tracking branch, check it out and say
.BR "git merge -s ours remotes/dgit/dgit/" \fIsuite\fR;
that tells git that we are deliberately throwing away any differences
between what's in the archive and what you intend to upload.
.BI dgit.default.distro " distro"
The default distro for an unknown suite.
.TP
+.BR dgit.default. *
+for each
+.BR dgit-distro. \fIdistro\fR . *,
+the default value used if there is no distro-specific setting.
+.TP
+.BR dgit-distro. \fIdistro\fR .clean-mode
+One of the values for the command line --clean= option; used if
+--clean is not specified.
+.TP
.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
.BR dgit-distro. \fIdistro\fR . ( git | sshpsql ) - ( user | host | user-force )
.TP
.BI dgit-distro. distro .backports-quirk
-.TP
-.BR dgit.default. *
-for each
-.BR dgit-distro. \fIdistro\fR . *
.SH ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
.TP
.BR DGIT_SSH ", " GIT_SSH
autocommit(s) to not appear on your HEAD, but instead only in the
remote tracking suite branch.
-The option parser requires values to be cuddled to the option name.
-
--dry-run does not always work properly, as not doing some of the git
fetches may result in subsequent actions being different. Doing a
non-dry-run dgit fetch first will help.
\fBgit-buildpackage\fP(1),
\fBdpkg-buildpackage\fP(1),
.br
-https://wiki.debian.org/Alioth
+https://browse.dgit.debian.org/