X-Git-Url: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~ianmdlvl/git?p=dgit.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=dgit.1;h=16c0a0110ab9e6f22a711f9c42790c712c4d7804;hp=a21f212dc94382ae528a028254122585a7b15937;hb=678da9f114859fe07899f72c81336f228ad40717;hpb=51a3f746ef8525c1a24085b97e28cc36c85b1268

diff --git a/dgit.1 b/dgit.1
index a21f212d..16c0a011 100644
--- a/dgit.1
+++ b/dgit.1
@@ -346,6 +346,8 @@ For why, see
 .B GITATTRIBUTES
 in
 .BR dgit(7) .
+Note that only attributes affecting the working tree are suppressed.
+git-archive may remain exciting.
 
 If there is an existing macro attribute line
 .B [attr]dgit-defuse-attrs
@@ -604,6 +606,13 @@ your git branch is not a descendant
 of the version in the archive
 according to the git revision history.
 
+It is safer not to specify
+.IR previous-version ,
+and usually it's not needed.
+Just say
+.BR --overwrite ,
+unless you know what you are doing.
+
 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.