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diff --git a/dgit.1 b/dgit.1
index 8cf3928a..e5b4bb05 100644
--- a/dgit.1
+++ b/dgit.1
@@ -216,9 +216,10 @@ public key in its keyring (but not your private key, obviously).
 .B dgit setup-new-tree
 Configure the current working tree the way that dgit clone would have
 set it up.  Like running
-.B dgit setup-useremail
-and
+.BR "dgit setup-useremail" ,
 .B setup-mergechangelogs
+and
+.B setup-gitattributes
 (but only does each thing if dgit is configured to do it automatically).
 You can use these in any git repository, not just ones used with
 the other dgit operations.
@@ -235,6 +236,29 @@ Configures a git merge helper for the file
 which uses
 .BR dpkg-mergechangelogs .
 .TP
+.B dgit setup-gitattributes
+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
+and applying it to
+.BR * .
+For why, see
+.B GITATTRIBUTES
+in
+.BR dgit(7) .
+
+(If there is already a macro attribute line
+.B [attr]dgit-defuse-attrs
+in .git/info/attributes
+(whatever its effects),
+this operation does nothing further.
+This fact can be used to defeat or partially defeat
+dgit setup-gitattributes
+and hence
+dgit setup-new-tree.)
+.TP
 .B dgit quilt-fixup
 `3.0 (quilt)' format source packages need changes representing not
 only in-tree but also as patches in debian/patches.  dgit quilt-fixup
@@ -1000,6 +1024,12 @@ Whether to setup a merge driver which uses dpkg-mergechangelogs for
 debian/changelog.  True by default.  Ignored for dgit
 setup-mergechangelogs, which does it anyway.
 .TP
+.BI dgit-distro. distro .setup-gitattributes
+Whether to configure .git/info/attributes
+to suppress checkin/checkout file content transformations
+in new git trees.
+True by default.  Ignored for dgit setup-gitattributes, which does it anyway.
+.TP
 .BI dgit-distro. distro .cmd- cmd
 Program to use instead of
 .IR cmd .