dgit-nmu-simple(7): Mention vcs-git

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

diff --git a/dgit-nmu-simple.7.pod b/dgit-nmu-simple.7.pod
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+++ b/dgit-nmu-simple.7.pod
@@ -108,6 +108,30 @@ 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