X-Git-Url: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~ianmdlvl/git?p=dgit.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=dgit.1;h=4aea52f0b55562d24358c9fab7a9760c83e5366b;hp=a21f212dc94382ae528a028254122585a7b15937;hb=dea27c626d6c39d11a1b591005fd2e6e2a17e295;hpb=51a3f746ef8525c1a24085b97e28cc36c85b1268

diff --git a/dgit.1 b/dgit.1
index a21f212d..4aea52f0 100644
--- a/dgit.1
+++ b/dgit.1
@@ -604,6 +604,13 @@ 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.