From: Ian Jackson <ijackson@chiark.greenend.org.uk>
Date: Sat, 6 Jan 2018 01:37:07 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: dgit(1): Add a bit more rationale (polemic, even).  Closes:#874221.
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dgit(1): Add a bit more rationale (polemic, even).  Closes:#874221.

Signed-off-by: Ian Jackson <ijackson@chiark.greenend.org.uk>
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diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index b2b512f8..2f9b2239 100644
--- 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 b3b887f1..1bf4a2c7 100644
--- 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):