+.BR --quilt=auto
+When fixing up source format `3.0 (quilt)' metadata, prefer to
+generate a linear patch stack, but if that doesn't seem possible,
+generate a single squashed patch for all the changes made in git.
+This is not a good idea for an NMU in Debian.
+.TP
+.BR --quilt=smash
+When fixing up source format `3.0 (quilt)' metadata,
+generate a single squashed patch for all the changes made in git.
+This is not a good idea for an NMU in Debian.
+.TP
+.BR --quilt=nofix
+Check whether source format `3.0 (quilt)' metadata would need fixing
+up, but, if it does, fail. You must then fix the metadata yourself
+somehow before pushing. (NB that dpkg-source --commit will not work
+because the dgit git tree does not have a
+.B .pc
+directory.)
+.TP
+.BR --quilt=nocheck | --no-quilt-fixup
+Do not check whether up source format `3.0 (quilt)' metadata needs
+fixing up. If you use this option and the metadata did in fact need
+fixing up, dgit push will fail.
+.TP