.TP
\fBdgit build\fR ...
Runs
-.B git-buildpackage
+.B dpkg-buildpackage
with some suitable options. Options and argumments after build
-will be passed on to git-buildpackage. It is not necessary to use
+will be passed on to dpkg-buildpackage. It is not necessary to use
dgit build when using dgit; it is OK to use any approach which ensures
that the generated source package corresponds to the relevant git
commit.
-.B NB
-that this function will be changed in the future to use
-dpkg-buildpackage directly.
-
Tagging, signing and actually uploading should be left to dgit push.
.TP
\fBdgit build-source\fR ...
Builds the source package, and a changes file for a prospective
-source-only upload. The output is left in
+source-only upload, using
+.BR dpkg-source .
+The output is left in
.IR package \fB_\fR version \fB.dsc\fR
and
.IR package \fB_\fR version \fB_source.changes\fR.
Tagging, signing and actually uploading should be left to dgit push.
.TP
\fBdgit sbuild\fR ...
-Constructs the source package, and uses sbuild to do a binary
-build, and uses mergechanges to merge the source and binary
-changes files. Options and argumments after sbuild will be passed on
-to sbuild. Changes files matching
+Constructs the source package, uses
+.B sbuild
+to do a binary build, and uses mergechanges to merge the source and
+binary changes files. Options and argumments after sbuild will be
+passed on to sbuild. Changes files matching
.IB package _ version _*.changes
in the parent directory will be removed; the output is left in
.IR package \fB_\fR version \fB_multi.changes\fR.
+Tagging, signing and actually uploading should be left to dgit push.
+.TP
+\fBdgit git-build\fR ...
+Runs
+.B git-buildpackage
+with some suitable options. Options and argumments after git-build
+will be passed on to git-buildpackage.
+
Tagging, signing and actually uploading should be left to dgit push.
.TP
.B dgit push
current dgit/suite tip in dgit-repos.
Uploads made by dgit contain an additional field
-.B Vcs-Dgit-Master
+.B Dgit
in the source package .dsc. (This is added by dgit push.)
This specifies a commit (an ancestor of the dgit/suite
branch) whose tree is identical to the unpacked source upload.
The package may be new in this suite. Without this, dgit will
refuse to push.
.TP
+.BR --ignore-dirty
+Do not complain if the working tree does not match your git HEAD.
+This can be useful with build, if you plan to commit later. (dgit
+push will still ensure that the .dsc you upload and the git tree
+you push are identical, so this option won't make broken pushes.)
+
+This option may not work properly on `3.0 (quilt)' packages, as in
+that case dgit needs to use and perhaps commit parts of your working
+tree.
+.TP
+.BR --no-quilt-fixup
+Do not fix up source format `3.0 (quilt)' metadata. If you use this
+option and the package did in fact need fixing up, dgit push will
+fail.
+.TP
.BI -D
Prints debugging information to stderr. Repeating the option produces
more output (currently, up to -DD is meaningfully different).
alioth, so that they can be moved later if and when this turns out to
be a good idea.
-Debian Policy needs to be updated to describe the new Vcs-Dgit-Master
+Debian Policy needs to be updated to describe the new Dgit .dsc
field (and to specify that it is an RC bug for that field to refer
to an unavailable commit).
particular suite. I'm assured that the archive layout is a
`well known algorithm' by now.
---dry-run often does not work with fetch, even though this is a
-logically plausible request. (It fails, instead.)
+--dry-run does not always work properly, as not doing some of the git
+fetches may result in subsequent actions being different. Doing a
+non-dry-run dgit fetch first will help.
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