dgit-maint-merge(7): Mandate pushing upstream branch to alioth

[dgit.git] / dgit-maint-merge.7.pod

diff --git a/dgit-maint-merge.7.pod b/dgit-maint-merge.7.pod
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--- a/dgit-maint-merge.7.pod
+++ b/dgit-maint-merge.7.pod
@@ -171,12 +171,9 @@ Then we can import the upstream version:
 
 =back
 
-You are now ready to proceed as above, making commits to both the
-upstream source and the I<debian/> directory.
-
-If you want to maintain a copy of your repository on
-B<alioth.debian.org>, you should push both the origin and the upstream
-branches:
+Our upstream branch cannot be pushed to B<dgit-repos>, but since we
+will need it whenever we import a new upstream version, we must push
+it somewhere.  The usual choice is B<alioth.debian.org>:
 
 =over 4
 
@@ -185,6 +182,9 @@ branches:
 
 =back
 
+You are now ready to proceed as above, making commits to both the
+upstream source and the I<debian/> directory.
+
 =head1 CONVERTING AN EXISTING PACKAGE
 
 This section explains how to convert an existing Debian package to
@@ -322,7 +322,9 @@ to git), you can just run dpkg-buildpackage(1) or debuild(1) instead.
 =head3 When upstream releases only tarballs
 
 You will need the I<debian/gbp.conf> from "When upstream releases only
-tarballs", above.
+tarballs", above.  You will also need your upstream branch.  Above, we
+pushed this to B<alioth.debian.org>.  You will need to clone or fetch
+from there, instead of relying on B<dgit clone>/B<dgit fetch> alone.
 
 Then, either