+If you have an existing git history that you have pushed to an
+ordinary git server like B<salsa.debian.org>, we start with that. If
+you don't already have it locally, you'll need to clone it, and obtain
+the corresponding orig.tar from the archive:
+
+=over 4
+
+ % git clone salsa.debian.org:Debian/foo
+ % cd foo
+ % dgit setup-new-tree
+ % origtargz
+
+=back
+
+If you don't have any existing git history, or you have history only
+on the special B<dgit-repos> server, we start with B<dgit clone>: