X-Git-Url: https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~ianmdlvl/git?p=dgit.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=infra%2Fdgit-repos-policy-debian;h=e85e92c5ebf4531ccc20229c2f4004ba6a49b598;hp=990abd2b9b82f90f958bf44f91cca99b8c288772;hb=a0ebfd60790ce326fbde74744939588ee6f1d7d7;hpb=39988196301013320ba7c93cbd9146c27bd51453

diff --git a/infra/dgit-repos-policy-debian b/infra/dgit-repos-policy-debian
index 990abd2b..e85e92c5 100755
--- a/infra/dgit-repos-policy-debian
+++ b/infra/dgit-repos-policy-debian
@@ -334,10 +334,19 @@ sub action_push () {
     if (deliberately('include-questionable-history')) {
 	return 0;
     }
-    die "\nPackage is in NEW and has not been accepted or rejected yet;".
-	" use a --deliberately option to specify whether you are".
-	" keeping or discarding the previously pushed history. ".
-	" Please RTFM dgit(1).\n\n";
+    die <<END;
+
+Package is in NEW and has not been accepted or rejected yet.
+Unfortunately, we cannot determine automatically what should happen.
+You will have to pass either --deliberately-not-fast-forward or
+--deliberately-include-questionable-history to specify whether you are
+keeping or discarding the previously pushed history.
+
+The choice is important, to ensure that your git history is both
+suitable for public distribution and as useful as possible.  Please
+see the descriptions of these options in dgit(1).
+
+END
 }
 
 sub action_push_confirm () {