From: Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name>
Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2016 19:08:26 +0000 (-0700)
Subject: dgit-maint-gbp(7): Note that patches-unapplied
X-Git-Tag: archive/debian/2.9~12^2~15
X-Git-Url: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~ianmdlvl/git?p=dgit.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=c9f58c9967e21caf226049851366edd00d581b1c

dgit-maint-gbp(7): Note that patches-unapplied

Signed-off-by: Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name>
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diff --git a/dgit-maint-gbp.7.pod b/dgit-maint-gbp.7.pod
index 320e06b5..53d147a0 100644
--- a/dgit-maint-gbp.7.pod
+++ b/dgit-maint-gbp.7.pod
@@ -28,6 +28,11 @@ Incorporate NMUs with a single command (see below).
 
 =back
 
+Note that we assume a patches-unapplied repository: the upstream
+source committed to the git repository is unpatched.
+git-buildpackage(1) can work with patched-applied repositories, but is
+normally used with patches-unapplied.
+
 =head1 GIT CONFIGURATION
 
 If you run