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authorSean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name>2017-02-28 09:45:02 -0700
committerIan Jackson <ijackson@chiark.greenend.org.uk>2018-01-06 01:27:40 +0000
commit1d01e5ebb230a058093afa0058cde2429545fc54 (patch)
tree286cb50431b9ceb9abc0084cb29f8a627dc97605 /dgit-maint-native.7.pod
parentee92b10fcb1b04597421fbac76e85daa417aa4c9 (diff)
dgit-*(7): --deliberately-not-fast-forward for first dgit push
Signed-off-by: Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name>
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diff --git a/dgit-maint-native.7.pod b/dgit-maint-native.7.pod
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@@ -78,6 +78,14 @@ so that your history,
which will be pushed to the dgit git server,
is fast forward from the dgit archive view.
+Alternatively,
+if this was the first ever dgit push of the package,
+you can avoid this merge commit by
+passing C<--deliberately-not-fast-forward>.
+instead of C<--overwrite>.
+This avoids introducing a new origin commit into
+your git history.
+
=head1 SUBSEQUENT PUSHES
=over 4