From: Ian Jackson Date: Sun, 30 Oct 2016 23:55:52 +0000 (+0000) Subject: Merge remote-tracking branch 'spwhitton/wip.tutorials-new' into wip.tutorials X-Git-Tag: archive/debian/2.9~12^2 X-Git-Url: https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~ianmdlvl/git?p=dgit.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=6e7c6b8b8305f162cea9e3da85c24b3f21888a1a;hp=ff4921f5cad01048c3c97a06c4f0cc6ed08b9ae4 Merge remote-tracking branch 'spwhitton/wip.tutorials-new' into wip.tutorials --- diff --git a/dgit-maint-native.7.pod b/dgit-maint-native.7.pod index 31da00bc..54407596 100644 --- a/dgit-maint-native.7.pod +++ b/dgit-maint-native.7.pod @@ -15,12 +15,16 @@ We expect that your git history is fast-forwarding. =item -You must be prepared to tolerate a small amount of +You should be prepared to tolerate a small amount of ugliness in your git history in the form of merges which stitch the dgit-generated archive view into your maintainer history. +This is to handle uploads that were not made with dgit, +such as the uploads you made before switching to this workflow, +or NMUs. + =back =head2 Benefits