dgit: --deliberately-not-fast-forward works properly in split view quilt modes (suppressing the pseudomerge).

1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/dgit.1 b/dgit.1
index e5b4bb0..2233d95 100644
--- a/dgit.1
+++ b/dgit.1
@@ -554,6 +554,17 @@ Declare that you are deliberately rewinding history.  When pushing to
 Debian, use this when you are making a renewed upload of an entirely
 new source package whose previous version was not accepted for release
 from NEW because of problems with copyright or redistributibility.
+
+In split view quilt modes,
+this also prevents the construction by dgit of a pseudomerge
+to make the dgit view fast forwarding.
+Normally only one of
+--overwrite (which creates a suitable pseudomerge)
+and
+--deliberately-not-fast-forward
+(which suppresses the pseudomerge and the fast forward checks)
+should be needed;
+--overwrite is usually better.
 .TP
 .BR --deliberately-include-questionable-history
 Declare that you are deliberately including, in the git history of