dgit-maint-*(7): Advice for git-debpush users

[dgit.git] / dgit-maint-debrebase.7.pod

diff --git a/dgit-maint-debrebase.7.pod b/dgit-maint-debrebase.7.pod
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--- a/dgit-maint-debrebase.7.pod
+++ b/dgit-maint-debrebase.7.pod
@@ -486,6 +486,10 @@ fast-forwarding from the history on B<dgit-repos>.  In such cases you
 will have to pass I<--overwrite> to dgit.  git-debrebase will normally
 tell you if this will be needed.
 
+If you want to upload with git-debpush(1), for the first upload you
+should pass the B<--quilt=linear> quilt mode option (see
+git-debpush(1)).
+
 Right before uploading, if you did not just already do so, you might
 want to have git-debrebase(1) shuffle your branch such that the Debian
 delta queue appears right at the tip of the branch you will push: