Declare that you are deliberately doing
.IR something .
This can be used to override safety catches, including safety catches
-which relate to distro-specific policies. The meanings of
+which relate to distro-specific policies.
+The use of --deliberately is declared and published in the signed tags
+generated for you by dgit,
+so that the archive software can give effect to your intent,
+and
+for the benefit humans looking at the history.
+The meanings of
.IR something s
understood in the context of Debian are discussed below:
.TP
fixing up. If you use this option and the metadata did in fact need
fixing up, dgit push will fail.
.TP
-.BR --quilt=gbp " | " --quilt=dpm " | " --quilt=unapplied
+.BR -- [ quilt= ] gbp " | " -- [ quilt= ] dpm " | " --quilt=unapplied
Tell dgit that you are using a nearly-dgit-compatible git branch,
aka a
.BR "maintainer view" ,
and
do not want your branch changed by dgit.
-.B --quilt=gbp
+.B --gbp
+(short for
+.BR --quilt=gbp )
is for use with git-buildpackage.
Your HEAD is expected to be
a patches-unapplied git branch, except that it might contain changes
to upstream .gitignore files. This is the default for dgit gbp-build.
-.B --quilt=dpm
+.B --dpm
+(short for
+.BR --quilt=dpm )
is for use with git-dpm.
Your HEAD is expected to be
a patches-applied git branch,
and you aren't too lucky, dgit will notice the problem and stop,
with a useful hint.
.TP
+.BR -d "\fIdistro\fR | " --distro= \fIdistro\fR
+Specifies that the suite to be operated on is part of distro
+.IR distro .
+This overrides the default value found from the git config option
+.BR dgit-suite. \fIsuite\fR .distro .
+The only effect is that other configuration variables (used
+for accessing the archive and dgit-repos) used are
+.BR dgit-distro. \fIdistro\fR .* .
+
+If your suite is part of a distro that dgit already knows about, you
+can use this option to make dgit work even if your dgit doesn't know
+about the suite. For example, specifying
+.B -ddebian
+will work when the suite is an unknown suite in the Debian archive.
+
+To define a new distro it is necessary to define methods and URLs
+for fetching (and, for dgit push, altering) a variety of information both
+in the archive and in dgit-repos.
+How to set this up is not yet documented.
+.TP
+.BI -C changesfile
+Specifies the .changes file which is to be uploaded. By default
+dgit push looks for single .changes file in the parent directory whose
+filename suggests it is for the right package and version.
+
+If the specified
+.I changesfile
+pathname contains slashes, the directory part is also used as
+the value for
+.BR --build-products-dir ;
+otherwise, the changes file is expected in that directory (by
+default, in
+.BR .. ).
+.TP
+.B --rm-old-changes
+When doing a build, delete any changes files matching
+.IB package _ version _*.changes
+before starting. This ensures that
+dgit push (and dgit sbuild) will be able to unambigously
+identify the relevant changes files from the most recent build, even
+if there have been previous builds with different tools or options.
+The default is not to remove, but
+.B \-\-no-rm-old-changes
+can be used to override a previous \-\-rm-old-changes
+or the .rm-old-changes configuration setting.
+.TP
+.BI --build-products-dir= directory
+Specifies where to find the built files to be uploaded.
+By default, dgit looks in the parent directory
+.RB ( .. ).
+.TP
+.BI --no-rm-on-error
+Do not delete the destination directory if clone fails.
+.TP
.BI -D
Prints debugging information to stderr. Repeating the option produces
more output (currently, up to -DDDD is meaningfully different).
.BR GIT_SSH )
is relevant.
.TP
-.BR -d "\fIdistro\fR | " --distro= \fIdistro\fR
-Specifies that the suite to be operated on is part of distro
-.IR distro .
-This overrides the default value found from the git config option
-.BR dgit-suite. \fIsuite\fR .distro .
-The only effect is that other configuration variables (used
-for accessing the archive and dgit-repos) used are
-.BR dgit-distro. \fIdistro\fR .* .
-
-If your suite is part of a distro that dgit already knows about, you
-can use this option to make dgit work even if your dgit doesn't know
-about the suite. For example, specifying
-.B -ddebian
-will work when the suite is an unknown suite in the Debian archive.
-
-To define a new distro it is necessary to define methods and URLs
-for fetching (and, for dgit push, altering) a variety of information both
-in the archive and in dgit-repos.
-How to set this up is not yet documented.
-.TP
-.BI -C changesfile
-Specifies the .changes file which is to be uploaded. By default
-dgit push looks for single .changes file in the parent directory whose
-filename suggests it is for the right package and version.
-
-If the specified
-.I changesfile
-pathname contains slashes, the directory part is also used as
-the value for
-.BR --build-products-dir ;
-otherwise, the changes file is expected in that directory (by
-default, in
-.BR .. ).
-.TP
-.B --rm-old-changes
-When doing a build, delete any changes files matching
-.IB package _ version _*.changes
-before starting. This ensures that
-dgit push (and dgit sbuild) will be able to unambigously
-identify the relevant changes files from the most recent build, even
-if there have been previous builds with different tools or options.
-The default is not to remove, but
-.B \-\-no-rm-old-changes
-can be used to override a previous \-\-rm-old-changes
-or the .rm-old-changes configuration setting.
-.TP
-.BI --build-products-dir= directory
-Specifies where to find the built files to be uploaded.
-By default, dgit looks in the parent directory
-.RB ( .. ).
-.TP
.BI --existing-package= package
dgit push needs to canonicalise the suite name. Sometimes, dgit
lacks a way to ask the archive to do this without knowing the
after dgit finishes. The directory specified must be an absolute
pathname.
.TP
-.BI --no-rm-on-error
-Do not delete the destination directory if clone fails.
+.BI --force- something
+Instructs dgit to try to proceed despite detecting
+what it thinks is going to be a fatal problem.
+.B This is probably not going to work.
+These options are provided as an escape hatch,
+in case dgit is confused.
+(They might also be useful for testing error cases.)
+.TP
+.B --force-unrepresentable
+Carry on even if
+dgit thinks that your git tree contains changes
+(relative to your .orig tarballs)
+which dpkg-source is not able to represent.
+Your build or push will probably fail later.
+.TP
+.B --force-unsupported-source-format
+Carry on despite dgit not understanding your source package format.
+dgit will probably mishandle it.
+.TP
+.B --force-dsc-changes-mismatch
+Do not check whether .dsc and .changes match.
+The archive will probably reject your upload.
+.TP
+.BR --force-import-gitapply-absurd " | " --force-import-gitapply-no-absurd
+Force on or off the use of the absurd git-apply emulation
+when running gbp pq import
+when importing a package from a .dsc.
+See Debian bug #841867.
.SH WORKFLOW - SIMPLE
It is always possible with dgit to clone or fetch a package, make
changes in git (using git-commit) on the suite branch
non-dry-run dgit fetch first will help.
.SH SEE ALSO
\fBdgit\fP(7),
+\fBdgit-maint-merge\fP(7),
\fBcurl\fP(1),
\fBdput\fP(1),
\fBdebsign\fP(1),
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