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authorIan Jackson <ijackson@chiark.greenend.org.uk>2015-07-21 18:57:08 +0100
committerIan Jackson <ijackson@chiark.greenend.org.uk>2015-07-21 18:57:08 +0100
commit5b1cc655fa48ae96db0d4ad57b7cf340710c740b (patch)
tree03aeaf81b0a7aa6bfcbd57764c4889cd5207cd8e /dgit.1
parent0a1c524cdd52435f931efdb078554a3bc1bf0eae (diff)
--new is needed for read access to packages in NEW, too. Document this, and make it work properly.
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diff --git a/dgit.1 b/dgit.1
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@@ -306,8 +306,10 @@ The build-dependencies are not checked (due to
which violates policy, but may work in practice.
.TP
.BR -N " | " --new
-The package may be new in this suite. Without this, dgit will
-refuse to push.
+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.
.TP
.BR --ignore-dirty
Do not complain if the working tree does not match your git HEAD.