X-Git-Url: https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~ianmdlvl/git?p=dgit.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=dgit-sponsorship.7.pod;h=8feb0d198657c53ece95685e80f8deef7beaeeaa;hp=9fe8abc7809e37efa90f56b568f45211d4e5b05a;hb=e1b329ed875a5d1cdd4666cf8dc66ae839324d9f;hpb=f4ce340d73232e6e5643ea2e88a1e36daed967cb

diff --git a/dgit-sponsorship.7.pod b/dgit-sponsorship.7.pod
index 9fe8abc7..8feb0d19 100644
--- a/dgit-sponsorship.7.pod
+++ b/dgit-sponsorship.7.pod
@@ -185,6 +185,12 @@ Check the git commit ID of the sponsee's branch tip,
 and the sha256sums of the .origs,
 against the handoff email.
 
+Confirm that the sponsee has not made
+a debian/1.2.3-1 tag.
+If they have,
+it is best to ask them to delete it now,
+as it can cause confusion later when dgit push produces its own tag.
+
 Now you can check out the branch tip,
 and do your substantive review.
 
@@ -196,9 +202,8 @@ you can convert their tree into the standard dgit view:
 
 =over 4
 
-    % dgit -wgf quilt-fixup
-    [ Watch for a message about split brain, and if so: ]
-    % git checkout -b dgit-view-for-review refs/dgit-intern/quilt-cache
+    % dgit -wgf --quilt=foo --dgit-view-save=unquilted quilt-fixup
+    % git checkout unquilted
 
 =back
 
@@ -259,6 +264,17 @@ Then:
 
 =back
 
+Or for an entirely new package:
+
+=over 4
+
+    % mkdir PACKAGE
+    % cd PACKAGE
+    % git init
+    % dgit -pPACKAGE import-dsc /path/to/sponsee's.dsc +sponsee
+
+=back
+
 This will leave you looking at the sponsee's package,
 formatted as a dgit branch.