Closes: #935443 Signed-off-by: Ian Jackson <ijack...@chiark.greenend.org.uk> --- dgit.1 | 13 +++++++++---- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/dgit.1 b/dgit.1 index 8969e2f2..c270b303 100644 --- a/dgit.1 +++ b/dgit.1 @@ -630,11 +630,16 @@ fails even on ignored untracked files. This could perhaps be used to detect bugs in your rules clean target. .TP .BR -N " | " --new -The package is or may be new in this suite. Without this, dgit will +The package is, or may be, new in this suite. Without this, dgit will refuse to push. -It may (for Debian, will) be unable to access the git -history for any packages which have been newly pushed and have not yet -been published. +Needing --new is not unusual; for example, +it is frequently needed for uploading to Debian experimental. + +Note that dgit may be unable to access the git +history for an entirely new package which has not been accepted by +the archive. +So for an entirely new package you need to properly coordinate +with anyone else who might upload. .TP .BR --include-dirty Do not complain if the working tree does not match your git HEAD, -- 2.11.0
