X-Git-Url: https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~ianmdlvl/git?a=blobdiff_plain;f=dgit.1;h=77d325204d61b1397e4c7fd0c3ff09c1f6b621a3;hb=40709d7e31abe0e46fe86f7559f44086fdb524c6;hp=60e6a25d6bbfdbdd7b64d966fc9dec8ca52358c1;hpb=b49212f0b194ccbb483e213d14e97ed53da36e2b;p=dgit.git diff --git a/dgit.1 b/dgit.1 index 60e6a25d..77d32520 100644 --- a/dgit.1 +++ b/dgit.1 @@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ Print a usage summary. Constructs the source package, uses .B sbuild to do a binary build, and uses mergechanges to merge the source and -binary changes files. Options and argumments after sbuild will be +binary changes files. Options and arguments after sbuild will be passed on to sbuild. Changes files matching .IB package _ version _*.changes in the parent directory will be removed; the output is left in @@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ Tagging, signing and actually uploading should be left to dgit push. \fBdgit git-build\fR ... Runs .B git-buildpackage -with some suitable options. Options and argumments after git-build +with some suitable options. Options and arguments after git-build will be passed on to git-buildpackage. Tagging, signing and actually uploading should be left to dgit push. @@ -306,8 +306,10 @@ The build-dependencies are not checked (due to which violates policy, but may work in practice. .TP .BR -N " | " --new -The package may be new in this suite. Without this, dgit will -refuse to push. +The package is or may be new in this suite. Without this, dgit will +refuse to push. It may (for Debian, will) be unable to access the git +history for any packages which have been newly pushed and have not yet +been published. .TP .BR --ignore-dirty Do not complain if the working tree does not match your git HEAD.