dgit-maint-bpo(7): Mention occasional need for --new

Closes: #935443
Signed-off-by: Ian Jackson <ijackson@chiark.greenend.org.uk>

diff --git a/dgit-maint-bpo.7.pod b/dgit-maint-bpo.7.pod
index e977d25852dd7ee5df4a9d6cca75fb110b3f6ab5..86372dd575cf5ee6af4584e2fa9afd4f28bd55b1 100644 (file)
--- a/dgit-maint-bpo.7.pod
+++ b/dgit-maint-bpo.7.pod
@@ -8,6 +8,12 @@ This document describes elements of a workflow for using B<dgit> to
 maintain an official Debian backport.  We do not assume that whoever
 uploads the package to Debian unstable is using B<dgit>.
 
+=head1 GENERAL TIPS
+
+The first time a package is backported
+for any particular Debian release,
+you will have to pass the --new option to dgit.
+
 =head1 TERMINOLOGY
 
 Let the I<master> branch contain the packaging history uploaded to