dgit: Move canonicalise_suite into fetch()

[dgit.git] / dgit-nmu-simple.7.pod

diff --git a/dgit-nmu-simple.7.pod b/dgit-nmu-simple.7.pod
index f1e8543d497c6762c74721382b4eb1be007c732b..3ebc68a420ebebec62d084946c4549a7931d299e 100644 (file)
--- a/dgit-nmu-simple.7.pod
+++ b/dgit-nmu-simple.7.pod
@@ -32,10 +32,6 @@ git practices are
 and 
 consult the appropriate C<dgit-maint-*(7)> workflow tutorial,
 
 and 
 consult the appropriate C<dgit-maint-*(7)> workflow tutorial,
 

-Further,
-note that dgit cannot yet be used
-to upload to the DELAYED queues.
-

 =head1 SUMMARY
 
 =over 4
 =head1 SUMMARY
 
 =over 4


@@ -108,6 +104,30 @@ tree.
 It also means you don't care about the package clean target,
 which is just as well because many package clean targets are broken.
 
 It also means you don't care about the package clean target,
 which is just as well because many package clean targets are broken.
 

+=head1 OTHER GIT BRANCHES
+
+The dgit git history
+(visible in gitk and git log)
+is not necessarily related to the maintainer's
+or upstream's git history (if any).
+
+If the maintainer has advertised a git repo with
+Vcs-Git
+dgit will set up a remote for it,
+so you can do
+
+=over 4
+
+    % git fetch vcs-git
+
+=back
+
+You can cherry pick changes from there, for example. 
+Note that the maintainer's git history may not be
+suitable for use with dgit.
+For example, it might be a patches-unapplied branch
+or even contain only a debian/ directory.
+

 =head1 UPLOADING TO DELAYED
 
 You can use dgit's I<--delayed> option
 =head1 UPLOADING TO DELAYED
 
 You can use dgit's I<--delayed> option