using-these: New script to help with ad-hoc testing

[dgit.git] / dgit.7

diff --git a/dgit.7 b/dgit.7
index 284fcf65d6ca522ad574fe8f0a041931f8545e55..70165a1b69d0d9f745ae6e2f2a92135f985a8870 100644 (file)
--- a/dgit.7
+++ b/dgit.7
@@ -205,18 +205,39 @@ is configured this way.
 git has features which can automatically transform files
 as they are being copied between the working tree
 and the git history.
 git has features which can automatically transform files
 as they are being copied between the working tree
 and the git history.

+The attributes can be specified in the source tree itself,
+in
+.BR .gitattributes .

 See \fBgitattributes\fP(5).
 
 These transformations are context-sensitive
 and not, in general, reversible,
 so dgit operates on the principle that
 the dgit git history contains the actual contents of the package.
 See \fBgitattributes\fP(5).
 
 These transformations are context-sensitive
 and not, in general, reversible,
 so dgit operates on the principle that
 the dgit git history contains the actual contents of the package.

+(When dgit is manipulating a .dsc,
+it does so in a private area,
+where the transforming gitattributes are defused,
+to achieve this.)

 
 

-If transforming gitattributes used,
+If transforming gitattributes are used,

 they can cause trouble,
 because the working tree files can differ from
 the git revision history
 (and therefore from the source packages).
 they can cause trouble,
 because the working tree files can differ from
 the git revision history
 (and therefore from the source packages).

+dgit warns if it finds a .gitattributes file
+(in a package being fetched or imported),
+unless the transforming gitattributes have been defused.
+
+dgit clone
+and dgit setup-new-tree
+disable transforming gitattributes
+by default,
+by creating a suitable .git/info/attributes.
+See
+.B dgit setup-new-tree
+and
+.B dgit setup-gitattributes
+in dgit(1).

 .SH PACKAGE SOURCE FORMATS
 If you are not the maintainer, you do not need to worry about the
 source format of the package.  You can just make changes as you like
 .SH PACKAGE SOURCE FORMATS
 If you are not the maintainer, you do not need to worry about the
 source format of the package.  You can just make changes as you like