dgit(1): Cover more cases of --overwrite and --deliberately

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diff --git a/dgit.1 b/dgit.1
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--- a/dgit.1
+++ b/dgit.1
@@ -631,7 +631,8 @@ This could perhaps be used to detect bugs in your rules clean target.
 .TP
 .BR -N " | " --new
 The package is or may be new in this suite.  Without this, dgit will
-refuse to push.  It may (for Debian, will) be unable to access the git
+refuse to push.
+It may (for Debian, will) be unable to access the git
 history for any packages which have been newly pushed and have not yet
 been published.
 .TP
@@ -679,6 +680,7 @@ 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.
+It can also be useful when an intermediate upload was not done with dgit.
 
 This option is also usually necessary
 the first time a package is pushed with dgit push
@@ -791,10 +793,15 @@ understood in the context of Debian are discussed below:
 .TP
 .BR --deliberately-not-fast-forward
 Declare that you are deliberately rewinding history.
+This could be because your branch is not fast forward from the
+dgit server history,
+or not fast forward from a locally-synthesised dsc import.
+
 When pushing to Debian,
-use this when you are making a renewed upload of an entirely
+use this only when you are making a renewed upload of an entirely
 new source package whose previous version was not accepted for release
-from NEW because of problems with copyright or redistributibility.
+from NEW because of problems with copyright or redistributibility;
+or, exceptionally, for the very first upload with dgit.
 
 When split view is in operation,
 this also prevents the construction by dgit of a pseudomerge
@@ -1292,6 +1299,13 @@ The result is a fresh import,
 discarding the git history
 that the person who pushed that .dsc was working with.
 .TP
+.B \-\-force-reusing-version
+Carry on even though this involves reusing a version number
+of a previous push or upload.
+It is normally best to give different versions different numbers.
+Some servers (including, usually, the Debian server)
+will reject attempts to reuse or replace already-pushed versions.
+.TP
 .B \-\-force-uploading-binaries
 Carry on and
 upload binaries
@@ -1332,7 +1346,7 @@ See Debian bug #841867.
 .BR \-\-for\-push
 Override the dgit-distro.distro.readonly configuration setting,
 to specify that we have read/write access
-and should use the corresponding git and achive access approach
+and should use the corresponding git and achieve access approach
 even if the operation is a read-only one.
 .SH CONFIGURATION
 dgit can be configured via the git config system.
@@ -1359,6 +1373,10 @@ may be a glob pattern.
 .TP
 .BI dgit.default.distro " distro"
 The default distro for an unknown suite.
+
+This is only used if no
+.BI /usr/share/distro-info/ somedistro .csv
+mentions the specified suite.
 .TP
 .BI dgit.default.default-suite " suite"
 The default suite (eg for clone).