comment on retrying dput

[dgit.git] / dgit.1

diff --git a/dgit.1 b/dgit.1
index e0a10ef96c42bda3d0ba06764e5c972c88ce23ad..9b3ffb2cb517756bd4304b2f396fc9bf5fade3d6 100644 (file)
--- a/dgit.1
+++ b/dgit.1
@@ -118,6 +118,9 @@ dgit quilt-fixup.
 
 dgit push always uses the package, suite and version specified in the
 debian/changelog and the .dsc, which must agree.
+
+If dgit push fails while uploading, it is fine to simply retry the
+dput on the .changes file at your leisure.
 .TP
 .B dgit quilt-fixup
 Looks to see if there is quilt patch metadata left over by dpkg-source
@@ -321,7 +324,8 @@ Can be repeated as necessary.
 .BI -C changesfile
 Specifies the .changes file which is to be uploaded.  By default
 dgit push looks for single .changes file in the parent directory whose
-filename suggests it is for the right package and version.
+filename suggests it is for the right package and version - or,
+if there is a _multi.changes file, dgit uses that.
 .TP
 .BI --existing-package= package
 dgit push needs to canonicalise the suite name.  But currently