dgit-maint-{merge,debrebase}(7): Using untagged upstream commits

[dgit.git] / dgit.1

diff --git a/dgit.1 b/dgit.1
index bff3c51892ec69cf11098dc8131b7ab0a39fceb9..6e0c4f1186c2113795bc24cb14db02f396beef78 100644 (file)
--- a/dgit.1
+++ b/dgit.1
@@ -642,6 +642,18 @@ include the changes from your working tree.
 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.)
+
+Note that this does
+.BR not
+prevent dgit from cleaning your tree, so if the changes in your
+working tree are in the form of untracked files, those might still be
+deleted, especially with --clean=git.
+If you want to include untracked files in the build, you can
+use --clean=none or --clean=dpkg-source[-d]
+in addition to --include-dirty.
+Note that this
+combination can fail if the untracked files are under
+\fIdebian/patches/\fR.
 .TP
 .BR --ignore-dirty
 Deprecated alias for --include-dirty.
@@ -853,7 +865,7 @@ Do not check whether source format `3.0 (quilt)' metadata needs
 fixing up.  If you use this option and the metadata did in fact need
 fixing up, dgit push will fail.
 .TP
-.BR -- [ quilt= ] gbp " | " -- [ quilt= ] dpm " | " --quilt=unapplied " | " -- [ quilt= ] baredebian [ +tarball ]
+.BR -- [ quilt= ] gbp " | " -- [ quilt= ] dpm " | " --quilt=unapplied " | " -- [ quilt= ] baredebian [ +git | +tarball ]
 Tell dgit that you are using a nearly-dgit-compatible git branch,
 aka a
 .BR "maintainer view" ,
@@ -886,6 +898,8 @@ that any changes to upstream .gitignore files are represented as
 patches in debian/patches).
 
 .B --quilt=baredebian
+(or its alias
+.BR --quilt=baredebian+git )
 specifies that your HEAD contains only a debian/ directory,
 with any changes to upstream files represented as
 patches in debian/patches.