.br
.B dgit
[\fIdgit\-opts\fP] \fBbuild\fP|\fBsbuild\fP|\fBbuild-source\fP
-[\fIbuild\-opts\fp]
+[\fIbuild\-opts\fP]
.br
.B dgit
[\fIdgit\-opts\fP] \fBpush\fP|\fBpush-source\fP [\fIdgit\-opts\fP]
.BI remotes/dgit/dgit/ suite
into the current branch.
.TP
+\fBdgit checkout\fR \fIsuite\fR
+Checks out the local branch
+.BR dgit/ \fIsuite\fR.
+
+If the branch does not exist,
+dgit checkout creates it,
+and sets it up the same way as dgit clone would.
+In that case, if
+the archive remote tracking branch does not exist,
+dgit checkout will do a dgit fetch first.
+
+NB: dgit checkout will only do a fetch if it has to.
+If you already have the suite branch,
+and want to merge your branch with updates from the archive,
+use dgit pull.
+
+dgit checkout will normally need to aceess the archive server,
+to canonicalise the provided suite name.
+The exception is if you specify the canonical name,
+and the branch (or tracking branch) already exists.
+.TP
\fBdgit build\fR ...
Runs
.B dpkg-buildpackage
To always use dgit's own patch generator
instead of git-debrebase make-patches,
pass --git-debrebase=true to dgit.
+
+See
+.B FORMAT 3.0 (QUILT)
+in
+.BR dgit(7) .
.TP
\fBdgit import-dsc\fR [\fIsub-options\fR] \fI../path/to/.dsc\fR [\fB+\fR|\fB..\fR]branch
Import a Debian-format source package,
you push are identical, so this option won't make broken pushes.)
.TP
.BR --overwrite [=\fIprevious-version\fR]
-Declare that even though your git branch may not be a descendant
+Declare that your HEAD really does contain
+all the (wanted) changes
+from all versions listed in its changelog;
+or, all (wanted) changes from
+.IR previous-version .
+This promise is needed when
+your git branch is not a descendant
of the version in the archive
-according to the revision history,
-it really does contain
-all the (wanted) changes from that version.
+according to the git revision history.
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.
-.I previous-version
-ought to be the version currently in the archive. If
+This option is also usually necessary
+the first time a package is pushed with dgit push
+to a particular suite.
+See
+.BR dgit-maint- \fI*\fR (7) .
+
+If
.I previous-version
is not
specified, dgit will check that the version in the archive is
mentioned in your debian/changelog.
(This will avoid losing
-changes unless someone committed to git a finalised changelog
+changes, even with
+.BR --overwrite ,
+unless someone committed to git a finalised changelog
entry, and then made later changes to that version.)
+If
+.IR previous-version
+is specified, it ought to be the version currently in the archive.
dgit push --overwrite
will, if necessary, make a