dgit: Do not sometimes crash in quilt-fixup if git-debrebase missing

[dgit.git] / dgit-nmu-simple.7.pod

diff --git a/dgit-nmu-simple.7.pod b/dgit-nmu-simple.7.pod
index 2f067b8bc050228026fa578e1dec371ed13867cb..0d2525fc0bce39de870f2c8d3b5e577980f52e61 100644 (file)
--- a/dgit-nmu-simple.7.pod
+++ b/dgit-nmu-simple.7.pod
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ consult the appropriate C<dgit-maint-*(7)> workflow tutorial,
     % dch -r && git add debian/changelog && git commit -m"Finalise NMU"
     % dgit -wgf sbuild -A -c jessie
     [ final tests on generated .debs ]
-    % dgit -wgf push jessie
+    % dgit -wgf [--delayed=5] push jessie
     [ enter your gnupg passphrase as prompted ]
     [ see that push and upload are successful ]
     [ prepare and email NMU diff (git-diff, git-format-patch) ]
@@ -56,10 +56,10 @@ consult the appropriate C<dgit-maint-*(7)> workflow tutorial,
 =head1 WHAT KIND OF CHANGES AND COMMITS TO MAKE
 
 When preparing an NMU, the git commits you make on the dgit branch
-should be simple linear series of commmits with good commit messages.
+should be simple linear series of commits with good commit messages.
 The commit messages will be published in various ways,
 including perhaps being used as the cover messages for
-genrated quilt patches.
+generated quilt patches.
 
 Do not make merge commits.
 Do not try to rebase to drop patches - if you need to revert a
@@ -104,6 +104,36 @@ tree.
 It also means you don't care about the package clean target,
 which is just as well because many package clean targets are broken.
 
+=head1 OTHER GIT BRANCHES
+
+The dgit git history
+(visible in gitk and git log)
+is not necessarily related to the maintainer's
+or upstream's git history (if any).
+
+If the maintainer has advertised a git repo with
+Vcs-Git
+dgit will set up a remote for it,
+so you can do
+
+=over 4
+
+    % git fetch vcs-git
+
+=back
+
+You can cherry pick changes from there, for example. 
+Note that the maintainer's git history may not be
+suitable for use with dgit.
+For example, it might be a patches-unapplied branch
+or even contain only a debian/ directory.
+
+=head1 UPLOADING TO DELAYED
+
+You can use dgit's I<--delayed> option
+to upload to the DELAYED queue.
+However, you should read the warning about this option in dgit(1).
+
 =head1 SEE ALSO
 
 dgit(1), dgit(7), dgit-maint-*(7)