dgit-maint-merge(7): Include instructions to clone existing repo

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

diff --git a/dgit-maint-merge.7.pod b/dgit-maint-merge.7.pod
index cb9fe4e55adab420f3797bedcac09438ef337dc4..cfbe1c35fd322aa00d20ee080fd1292f09707a64 100644 (file)
--- a/dgit-maint-merge.7.pod
+++ b/dgit-maint-merge.7.pod
@@ -202,7 +202,16 @@ this workflow.  It should be skipped when debianising a new package.
 
 =head2 Existing git history using another workflow
 
-First, dump any existing patch queue:
+First, if you don't already have the git history locally, clone it,
+and obtain the corresponding orig.tar from the archive:
+
+=over 4
+
+    % git clone git.debian.org:collab-maint/foo
+    % cd foo
+    % origtargz
+
+Now dump any existing patch queue:
 
 =over 4