dgit(1): Some more info about --deliberately.

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

diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index ccb54e68d95f28847fab9cce9482330ed2db5478..a283b158aa942fc22732a0c062a10ff1acbe3deb 100644 (file)
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 dgit (2.7~) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   * dgit(1): Reorder the options, moving more important ones earlier.
+  * dgit(1): Some more info about --deliberately.
 
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diff --git a/dgit.1 b/dgit.1
index d37e5b0bb0c667d9ead536e13d85fffa7cf3d0fc..d6ac8b25a907be3b9e857352613114e1862291ec 100644 (file)
--- a/dgit.1
+++ b/dgit.1
@@ -376,7 +376,13 @@ maintainer view, the pseudo-merge will appear only in the dgit view.)
 Declare that you are deliberately doing
 .IR something .
 This can be used to override safety catches, including safety catches
-which relate to distro-specific policies.  The meanings of
+which relate to distro-specific policies.
+The use of --deliberately is declared and published in the signed tags
+generated for you by dgit,
+so that the archive software can give effect to your intent,
+and
+for the benefit humans looking at the history.
+The meanings of
 .IR something s
 understood in the context of Debian are discussed below:
 .TP