-As an alternative to B<dgit build> and friends, you can use a tool
-like gitpkg(1). This works because like dgit, gitpkg(1) enforces that
-HEAD has exactly the contents of the source package. gitpkg(1) is
-highly configurable, and one dgit user reports using it to produce and
-test multiple source packages, from different branches corresponding
-to each of the current Debian suites.
+If you want to upload with git-debpush(1), for the first upload you
+should pass the B<--quilt=smash> quilt mode option (see
+git-debpush(1)).
+
+As another alternative to B<dgit build> and friends, you can use a
+tool like gitpkg(1). This works because like dgit, gitpkg(1) enforces
+that HEAD has exactly the contents of the source package. gitpkg(1)
+is highly configurable, and one dgit user reports using it to produce
+and test multiple source packages, from different branches
+corresponding to each of the current Debian suites.