dgit-maint-merge(7): Include instructions to clone existing repo

[dgit.git] / dgit.1

diff --git a/dgit.1 b/dgit.1
index e5b4bb050b6145a30a72299733622b768677c125..b3b887f1c46165eb9f4f2b3b70b485168ba5a93d 100644 (file)
--- a/dgit.1
+++ b/dgit.1
@@ -343,6 +343,13 @@ as actually being used on the dgit git server, as a git tree.
 Prints the url used by dgit clone-dgit-repos-server.
 This is hopefully suitable for use as a git remote url.
 It may not be useable in a browser.
 Prints the url used by dgit clone-dgit-repos-server.
 This is hopefully suitable for use as a git remote url.
 It may not be useable in a browser.

+.TP
+.BI "dgit print-dpkg-source-ignores"
+Prints the -i and -I arguments which must be passed to dpkg-souce
+to cause it to exclude exactly the .git diredcory
+and nothing else.
+The separate arguments are unquoted, separated by spaces,
+and do not contain spaces.

 .SH OPTIONS
 .TP
 .BR --dry-run " | " -n
 .SH OPTIONS
 .TP
 .BR --dry-run " | " -n


@@ -554,6 +561,17 @@ Declare that you are deliberately rewinding history.  When pushing to
 Debian, use this 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.
 Debian, use this 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.

+
+In split view quilt modes,
+this also prevents the construction by dgit of a pseudomerge
+to make the dgit view fast forwarding.
+Normally only one of
+--overwrite (which creates a suitable pseudomerge)
+and
+--deliberately-not-fast-forward
+(which suppresses the pseudomerge and the fast forward checks)
+should be needed;
+--overwrite is usually better.

 .TP
 .BR --deliberately-include-questionable-history
 Declare that you are deliberately including, in the git history of
 .TP
 .BR --deliberately-include-questionable-history
 Declare that you are deliberately including, in the git history of