dgit-sponsorship(7): About deleting tag

[dgit.git] / dgit-sponsorship.7.pod

diff --git a/dgit-sponsorship.7.pod b/dgit-sponsorship.7.pod
index 9fe8abc7809e37efa90f56b568f45211d4e5b05a..a32585b12d59904a3c6144c2f375adc455ea19b6 100644 (file)
--- a/dgit-sponsorship.7.pod
+++ b/dgit-sponsorship.7.pod
@@ -185,6 +185,12 @@ Check the git commit ID of the sponsee's branch tip,
 and the sha256sums of the .origs,
 against the handoff email.
 
+Confirm that the sponsee has not made
+a debian/1.2.3-1 tag.
+If they have,
+it is best to ask them to delete it now,
+as it can cause confusion later when dgit push produces its own tag.
+
 Now you can check out the branch tip,
 and do your substantive review.
 
@@ -259,6 +265,17 @@ Then:
 
 =back
 
+Or for an entirely new package:
+
+=over 4
+
+    % mkdir PACKAGE
+    % cd PACKAGE
+    % git init
+    % dgit -pPACKAGE import-dsc /path/to/sponsee's.dsc +sponsee
+
+=back
+
 This will leave you looking at the sponsee's package,
 formatted as a dgit branch.