dgit(7): Mention bad origs as possible cause of quilt fixup failure

[dgit.git] / dgit.1

diff --git a/dgit.1 b/dgit.1
index a21f212dc94382ae528a028254122585a7b15937..4aea52f0b55562d24358c9fab7a9760c83e5366b 100644 (file)
--- a/dgit.1
+++ b/dgit.1
@@ -604,6 +604,13 @@ your git branch is not a descendant
 of the version in the archive
 according to the git revision history.
 
+It is safer not to specify
+.IR previous-version ,
+and usually it's not needed.
+Just say
+.BR --overwrite ,
+unless you know what you are doing.
+
 This option is useful if you are the maintainer, and you have
 incorporated NMU changes into your own git workflow in a way that
 doesn't make your branch a fast forward from the NMU.