dgit-maint-debrebase(7): further notes about d/patches

[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
@@ -559,6 +559,12 @@ git-debrebase(1).  You should not make changes there.  They will
 either cause trouble, or be ignored and overwritten by
 git-debrebase(1).
 
+I<debian/patches> will often be out-of-date because git-debrebase(1)
+will only regenerate it when it needs to.  So you should not rely on
+the information in that directory.  When preparing patches to forward
+upstream, you should use git-format-patch(1) on git commits, rather
+than sending files from I<debian/patches>.
+
 =head2 Upstream branches
 
 Except in the case where upstream releases only tarballs, we do not