From: Ian Jackson <ijackson@chiark.greenend.org.uk>
Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2014 00:48:41 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: mention configure
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mention configure
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diff --git a/talk.txt b/talk.txt
index 659843c..71a6068 100644
--- a/talk.txt
+++ b/talk.txt
@@ -77,6 +77,13 @@ the successive dgit uploads must have a fast-forwarding history.
 Specifically, each upload made with dgit must have as an ancestor the
 current state of that package in the archive.
 
+I should expand a bit on the need for the git commit to be identical
+to the source package.  dgit is (amongst other things) a way of
+looking at source packages, and their history, using git.  That means
+that the git tree has to be the same as the package tree.
+Specifically, for example, files like configure need to either be in
+both git and the source package, or neither.
+
 [ synthetic commit example ]
 
 Non-dgit uploads don't have a (suitable) git commit hash.  But