dgit(1): Add a bit more rationale (polemic, even). Closes:#874221.

Signed-off-by: Ian Jackson <ijackson@chiark.greenend.org.uk>

diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index b2b512f8df77d3fd286ea90415d5765a5bc620c7..2f9b22395a6de252829003f791b24f47623e4eb4 100644 (file)
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 dgit (4.2~) experimental; urgency=medium
 
   Documentation improvements:
+  * dgit(1): Add a bit more rationale (polemic, even).  Closes:#874221.
   * Recommend mk-build-deps rather than apt-get build-dep.
     Suggestion from Nikolaus Rath.  Closes:#863361.
   * dgit-maint-merge(7): many updates.  [Sean Whitton]

diff --git a/dgit.1 b/dgit.1
index b3b887f1c46165eb9f4f2b3b70b485168ba5a93d..1bf4a2c767345d6a2036379993edccc5947e69ce 100644 (file)
--- a/dgit.1
+++ b/dgit.1
@@ -30,6 +30,10 @@ dgit \- git integration with the Debian archive
 .B dgit
 allows you to treat the Debian archive as if it were a git
 repository.
+Conversely,
+it allows Debian to publish the source of its packages
+as git branches, in a format which is directly useable
+by ordinary people.
 
 This is the command line reference.
 Please read the tutorial(s):