From: Ian Jackson <ijackson@chiark.greenend.org.uk>
Date: Thu, 5 Sep 2019 15:50:28 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: dgit-maint-bpo(7): Mention occasional need for --new
X-Git-Tag: archive/debian/9.9~3
X-Git-Url: https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~ianmdlvl/git?p=dgit.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=506e117246da9f49499dcd8c97993316c79b4a66

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

Closes: #935443
Signed-off-by: Ian Jackson <ijackson@chiark.greenend.org.uk>
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diff --git a/dgit-maint-bpo.7.pod b/dgit-maint-bpo.7.pod
index e977d258..86372dd5 100644
--- 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