From: Ian Jackson <ijackson@chiark.greenend.org.uk>
Date: Mon, 7 Nov 2016 03:11:33 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: dgit(1): Add caveat about multisuite-generated branches
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dgit(1): Add caveat about multisuite-generated branches

Signed-off-by: Ian Jackson <ijackson@chiark.greenend.org.uk>
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diff --git a/dgit.1 b/dgit.1
index 677a51be..f2821dff 100644
--- a/dgit.1
+++ b/dgit.1
@@ -88,6 +88,9 @@ When using this facility, it is important to always specify the
 same suites in the same order:
 dgit will not be make a coherent fast-forwarding history
 view otherwise.
+The history generated by this feature is not normally suitable
+for merging back into upstreams,
+as it necessarily contains unattractive pseudomerges.
 
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