dgit: --deliberately-not-fast-forward works properly in split view quilt modes (suppr...

diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 9d192d275229722522b0f4c11be3af72b6f80b59..4e4402164dfc69202aee00516bdbfa173c1256fb 100644 (file)
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 dgit (4.0~) experimental; urgency=low
 
-  * 
+  * dgit: --deliberately-not-fast-forward works properly in
+    split view quilt modes (suppressing the pseudomerge).
 
  --
 

diff --git a/dgit b/dgit
index 6b1201e7aee73dbc46cdcaa89b3c0b72987f49ce..caa2d75ce85e3ac3592d77a8eae47fa16b8213e7 100755 (executable)
--- a/dgit
+++ b/dgit
@@ -3891,6 +3891,7 @@ sub splitbrain_pseudomerge ($$$$) {
     #
 
     return $dgitview unless defined $archive_hash;
+    return $dgitview if deliberately_not_fast_forward();
 
     printdebug "splitbrain_pseudomerge...\n";
 

diff --git a/dgit.1 b/dgit.1
index e5b4bb050b6145a30a72299733622b768677c125..2233d95941fa34f9ec4ac9e9a4a77c25f77cda34 100644 (file)
--- a/dgit.1
+++ b/dgit.1
@@ -554,6 +554,17 @@ Declare that you are deliberately rewinding history.  When pushing to
 Debian, use this when you are making a renewed upload of an entirely
 new source package whose previous version was not accepted for release
 from NEW because of problems with copyright or redistributibility.
+
+In split view quilt modes,
+this also prevents the construction by dgit of a pseudomerge
+to make the dgit view fast forwarding.
+Normally only one of
+--overwrite (which creates a suitable pseudomerge)
+and
+--deliberately-not-fast-forward
+(which suppresses the pseudomerge and the fast forward checks)
+should be needed;
+--overwrite is usually better.
 .TP
 .BR --deliberately-include-questionable-history
 Declare that you are deliberately including, in the git history of