From: Ian Jackson <ijackson@chiark.greenend.org.uk>
Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2018 00:06:00 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: dgit(1): Mention in --overwrite that it is usually needed for first dgit push
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dgit(1): Mention in --overwrite that it is usually needed for first dgit push

This is part of #891031.

Signed-off-by: Ian Jackson <ijackson@chiark.greenend.org.uk>
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diff --git a/dgit.1 b/dgit.1
index 8ddcbe39..e54ab435 100644
--- a/dgit.1
+++ b/dgit.1
@@ -519,6 +519,12 @@ This option is useful if you are the maintainer, and you have
 incorporated NMU changes into your own git workflow in a way that
 doesn't make your branch a fast forward from the NMU.
 
+This option is also usually necessary
+the first time a package is pushed with dgit push
+to a particular suite.
+See
+.BR dgit-maint- \fI*\fR (7) .
+
 .I previous-version
 ought to be the version currently in the archive.  If
 .I previous-version