dgit(1): Recommend -nmu-simple(7) for DDs only, not DMs

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

diff --git a/dgit-nmu-simple.7.pod b/dgit-nmu-simple.7.pod
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@@ -108,6 +108,30 @@ 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