X-Git-Url: https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~ianmdlvl/git?p=dgit.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=dgit-nmu-simple.7.pod;h=3ebc68a420ebebec62d084946c4549a7931d299e;hp=f1e8543d497c6762c74721382b4eb1be007c732b;hb=1a67af8025d1b9f15f0365519ca39ae668140aec;hpb=0460952deb573a315216ad3fdeca3e1223508522 diff --git a/dgit-nmu-simple.7.pod b/dgit-nmu-simple.7.pod index f1e8543d..3ebc68a4 100644 --- a/dgit-nmu-simple.7.pod +++ b/dgit-nmu-simple.7.pod @@ -32,10 +32,6 @@ git practices are and consult the appropriate C workflow tutorial, -Further, -note that dgit cannot yet be used -to upload to the DELAYED queues. - =head1 SUMMARY =over 4 @@ -108,6 +104,30 @@ tree. It also means you don't care about the package clean target, which is just as well because many package clean targets are broken. +=head1 OTHER GIT BRANCHES + +The dgit git history +(visible in gitk and git log) +is not necessarily related to the maintainer's +or upstream's git history (if any). + +If the maintainer has advertised a git repo with +Vcs-Git +dgit will set up a remote for it, +so you can do + +=over 4 + + % git fetch vcs-git + +=back + +You can cherry pick changes from there, for example. +Note that the maintainer's git history may not be +suitable for use with dgit. +For example, it might be a patches-unapplied branch +or even contain only a debian/ directory. + =head1 UPLOADING TO DELAYED You can use dgit's I<--delayed> option