Set up the working tree's
.B .git/info/attributes
to disable all transforming attributes for all files.
-This is done by defining a macro attribute
-.B dgit-defuse-attrs
+This is done by defining a macro attribute,
+.B dgit-defuse-attrs,
and applying it to
.BR * .
For why, see
but it is insufficient,
because it was made by an earlier version of dgit
and git has since introduced new transforming attributes,
-modifies the macro to disable the newer transformations.
+this modifies the macro to disable the newer transformations.
(If there is already a macro attribute line
.B [attr]dgit-defuse-attrs
dgit will make a pseudomerge
so that the result is necessarily fast forward
from the existing branch.
-Otherwise, if branch already exists,
+Otherwise, if \fIbranch\fR already exists,
dgit will stop with an error message.
If
options other than dpkg-source
are useful when the package's clean target is troublesome, or
to avoid needing the build-dependencies.
+
+dgit will only actually clean the tree if it needs to
+(because it needs to build the source package
+or binaries from your working tree).
+Otherwise
+it will just check that there are no untracked unignored files.
+See --clean=git[-ff],always, below.
.TP
.BR --clean=git-ff " | " -wgf
Use
but it also removes any subdirectories containing different git
trees (which only unusual packages are likely to create).
.TP
-.BR --clean=check " | " -wc
+.BR --clean=git "[" -ff "]" ,always " | " -wga " | " -wgfa
+Like --clean=git, but always does the clean and not just a check,
+deleting any untracked un-ignored files.
+.TP
+.BR --clean=check " | " --clean=check,ignores " | " -wc " | " -wci
Merely check that the tree is clean (does not contain uncommitted
files).
Avoids running rules clean,
and can avoid needing the build-dependencies.
+
+With
+.BR ,ignores
+or
+.BR -wci ,
+untracked files covered by .gitignore are tolerated,
+so only files which show up as
+.B ?
+in git status
+(ie, ones you maybe forgot to git add)
+are treated as a problem.
.TP
.BR --clean=none " | " -wn
Do not clean the tree, nor check that it is clean.
files which are not in git, or if the build creates such files, a
subsequent dgit push will fail.
.TP
-.BR --clean=dpkg-source " | " -wd
+.BR --clean=dpkg-source "[" -d "] | " -wd " | " -wdd
Use dpkg-buildpackage to do the clean, so that the source package
is cleaned by dpkg-source running the package's clean target.
-This is the default.
-Requires the package's build dependencies.
-.TP
-.BR --clean=dpkg-source-d " | " -wdd
-Use
-.B dpkg-buildpackage -d
-to do the clean,
-so that the source package
-is cleaned by dpkg-source running the package's clean target.
-The build-dependencies are not checked (due to
-.BR -d ),
+--clean=dpkg-source is the default.
+
+Without the extra
+.BR d ,
+requires the package's build dependencies.
+
+With
+.BR ... -d
+or
+.BR -wdd ,
+the build-dependencies are not checked
+(due to passing
+.BR -d
+to dpkg-buildpackage),
which violates policy, but may work in practice.
+
+The rules clean target will only be run if it is needed:
+when dgit is going to build source or binary packages
+from your working tree,
+rather than from your git branch
+(for example because of --include-dirty
+or because the binary package build uses your working tree).
+
+In all cases,
+dgit will check that there are (after rules clean, if applicable) no
+untracked un-ignored files,
+in case these are files you forgot to git add.
+(Except that this check is not done
+for a `3.0 (quilt)' package
+when dgit has to apply patches, dirtily, to the working tree.)
+If your package does not have a good .gitignore
+you will probably need --clean=dpkg-source,no-check aka -wdn.
+.TP
+.BR --clean=dpkg-source "[" -d "]" ,no-check " | " -wdn " | " -wddn
+Like --clean=dpkg-source, but
+does not care about untracked un-ignored files.
+.TP
+.BR --clean=dpkg-source "[" -d "]" ,all-check " | " -wda " | " -wdda
+Like --clean=dpkg-source, but
+fails even on ignored untracked files.
+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
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.
+for the benefit of humans looking at the history.
The meanings of
.IR something s
understood in the context of Debian are discussed below:
directory.)
.TP
.BR --quilt=nocheck " | " --no-quilt-fixup
-Do not check whether up source format `3.0 (quilt)' metadata needs
+Do not check whether source format `3.0 (quilt)' metadata needs
fixing up. If you use this option and the metadata did in fact need
fixing up, dgit push will fail.
.TP
.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
+dgit push looks for a single .changes file in the parent directory whose
filename suggests it is for the right package and version.
If the specified
.B keyid
distro config setting.
.TP
+.RI \fB--curl!:\fR option " | \fB--dput!:\fR" option " |..."
+Specifies an option to remove from the command line for
+a program called by dgit, as for
+\fB--\fR\fIprogram\fI\fB:\fR\fIoption\fR
+(and the same caveats apply).
+
+Any options or arguments exactly identical to
+.I option
+are removed.
+(It is not an error if there were none.)
+
+This can only be used to delete options
+which are always passed by default by dgit,
+or to undo a previous
+\fB--\fR\fIprogram\fI\fB:\fR\fIoption\fR.
+It cannot be used to override option(s) dynamically
+decided on by dgit.
+.TP
.RI \fB--curl=\fR program " | \fB--dput=\fR" program " |..."
Specifies alternative programs to use instead of
.BR curl ,
.TP
.BR dgit-distro. \fIdistro\fR .clean-mode-newer
Like .clean-mode,
-but ignored if the value does not make sense to this version of dgit.
+but ignored if the value is unknown to this version of dgit.
Setting both .clean-mode and .clean-mode-newer is useful
to provide a single git config compatible with different dgit versions.
.TP
-.BR dgit-distro. \fIdistro\fR .quilt-
+.BR dgit-distro. \fIdistro\fR .quilt-mode
One of the values for the command line --quilt= option; used if
--quilt is not specified.
.TP
.TP
.BI dgit-distro. distro .setup-useremail
Whether to set user.name and user.email in new git trees.
-True by default. Ignored for dgit setup-setup-useremail, which does it anyway.
+True by default. Ignored for dgit setup-useremail, which does it anyway.
.TP
.BI dgit-distro. distro .setup-mergechangelogs
-Whether to setup a merge driver which uses dpkg-mergechangelogs for
+Whether to set up a merge driver which uses dpkg-mergechangelogs for
debian/changelog. True by default. Ignored for dgit
setup-mergechangelogs, which does it anyway.
.TP
To pass several options, configure multiple values in git config
(with git config --add). The options for
.BI dgit.default.opts- cmd
+and
.BI dgit-distro. distro /push.opts- cmd
-and are all used, followed by options from dgit's command line.
+are all used, followed by options from dgit's command line.
.SH ACCESS CONFIGURATION
There are many other settings which specify how a particular distro's
services (archive and git) are provided. These should not normally be
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