Document that --quilt=linear is the default for Debian.

[dgit.git] / dgit.1

diff --git a/dgit.1 b/dgit.1
index ebba8b656cb15939209a731589afc388d9d8f9e9..df650d9a1ffc64d538b2b90867d28f58c1250734 100644 (file)
--- a/dgit.1
+++ b/dgit.1
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ This is like
 but it also removes any subdirectories containing different git
 trees (which only unusual packages are likely to create).
 .TP
-.BR --clean=check " | " -wn
+.BR --clean=check " | " -wc
 Merely check that the tree is clean (does not contain uncommitted
 files), before building a source package.
 .TP
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ as the Debian server will do this automatically when necessary.
 .BR --quilt=linear
 When fixing up source format `3.0 (quilt)' metadata, insist on
 generating a linear patch stack.  If such a stack cannot be generated,
-fail.
+fail.  This is the default for Debian.
 .TP
 .BR --quilt=auto
 When fixing up source format `3.0 (quilt)' metadata, prefer to
@@ -370,11 +370,11 @@ fixing up, dgit push will fail.
 .TP
 .BI -D
 Prints debugging information to stderr.  Repeating the option produces
-more output (currently, up to -DD is meaningfully different).
+more output (currently, up to -DDD is meaningfully different).
 .TP
 .BI -c name = value
-Specifies a git configuration option.  dgit itself is also controlled
-by git configuration options.
+Specifies a git configuration option, to be used for this run.
+dgit itself is also controlled by git configuration options.
 .TP
 .RI \fB-v\fR version "|\fB_\fR | " \fB--since-version=\fR version |\fB_\fR
 Specifies the
@@ -478,9 +478,8 @@ will work when the suite is an unknown suite in the Debian archive.
 
 To define a new distro it is necessary to define methods and URLs
 for fetching (and, for dgit push, altering) a variety of information both
-in the archive and in dgit-repos.  How to do this is not yet
-documented, and currently the arrangements are unpleasant.  See
-BUGS.
+in the archive and in dgit-repos.
+How to set this up is not yet documented.
 .TP
 .BI -C changesfile
 Specifies the .changes file which is to be uploaded.  By default