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author | Ian Jackson <ijackson@chiark.greenend.org.uk> | 2018-08-19 12:26:56 +0100 |
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committer | Ian Jackson <ijackson@chiark.greenend.org.uk> | 2018-08-19 12:26:57 +0100 |
commit | 67a6338276dd0d5d81e3fff493a00dbc83e270b6 (patch) | |
tree | 444fc6a513327381ba34f6c8037794eac049ed12 /dgit.1 | |
parent | 49d414e316753377623e913e4576384986c108b8 (diff) |
dgit(1): Encourage --overwrite rather than --overwrite=version.
Signed-off-by: Ian Jackson <ijackson@chiark.greenend.org.uk>
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@@ -604,6 +604,13 @@ your git branch is not a descendant of the version in the archive according to the git revision history. +It is safer not to specify +.IR previous-version , +and usually it's not needed. +Just say +.BR --overwrite , +unless you know what you are doing. + 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. |