dgit: Non-noop git fetch is not available with --dry-run, so fail

[dgit.git] / dgit.1

diff --git a/dgit.1 b/dgit.1
index 56ba402fd72daa09685af2fc8541dcdf0218cf91..ef5236a4ce70c3aaadd637ba87ba948069ec51e8 100644 (file)
--- a/dgit.1
+++ b/dgit.1
@@ -118,6 +118,10 @@ that the generated source package corresponds to the relevant git
 commit.
 
 Tagging, signing and actually uploading should be left to dgit push.
+
+dgit's build operations access the the network,
+to get the -v option right.
+See -v, below.
 .TP
 \fBdgit build-source\fR ...
 Builds the source package, and a changes file for a prospective
@@ -268,10 +272,19 @@ For why, see
 in
 .BR dgit(7) .
 
+If there is an existing macro attribute line
+.B [attr]dgit-defuse-attrs
+in .git/info/attributes,
+but it is insufficient,
+because it was made by an earlier version of dgit
+and git has since introduced new transforming attributes,
+modifies the macro to disable the newer transformations.
+
 (If there is already a macro attribute line
 .B [attr]dgit-defuse-attrs
 in .git/info/attributes
-(whatever its effects),
+which does what dgit requires
+(whatever files it effects),
 this operation does nothing further.
 This fact can be used to defeat or partially defeat
 dgit setup-gitattributes