git-debpush: Check that patches are (un)applicable

[dgit.git] / git-debpush.1.pod

diff --git a/git-debpush.1.pod b/git-debpush.1.pod
index a554fd5695cb245d5c5609fece34cb0cafc309c4..27b80c913246b6454609b554c5f484327141bf70 100644 (file)
--- a/git-debpush.1.pod
+++ b/git-debpush.1.pod
@@ -206,6 +206,26 @@ Ignore any differences between the upstream source in the upstream tag
 and the upstream source in the branch to be tagged (this check is only
 run when using B<--quilt=gbp> or B<--quilt=unapplied>).
 
+=item B<patches-applicable>
+
+Ignore any failures of the following two checks:
+
+=over 4
+
+=item
+
+With B<--quilt=gbp>, B<--quilt=unapplied>, B<--quilt=baredebian>,
+B<--quilt=dpm>, and B<--quilt=nofix>, the quilt patches should apply
+cleanly to the upstream source with git-apply(1).
+
+=item
+
+With B<--quilt=dpm> and B<--quilt=nofix>, applying the quilt patches
+to the upstream source should produce exactly the source tree to be
+tagged.
+
+=back
+
 =item B<unreleased>
 
 Permit upload to a suite called UNRELEASED.