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author | Ian Jackson <ijackson@chiark.greenend.org.uk> | 2013-10-28 02:29:03 +0000 |
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committer | Ian Jackson <ijackson@chiark.greenend.org.uk> | 2013-10-28 02:29:03 +0000 |
commit | a78bf8c39cf81580dab3cfed267203c1ec53952e (patch) | |
tree | 73cc29e6975f189c3f4ac04ad9ca84dd875dd442 /dgit.1 | |
parent | 8827dd24808a199156a58276db82b928c3804783 (diff) |
manpage: Make discussion of --existing-package less scary. The default archive access method no longer needs it. Closes:#720171.
Diffstat (limited to 'dgit.1')
-rw-r--r-- | dgit.1 | 11 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 7 deletions
@@ -361,13 +361,14 @@ filename suggests it is for the right package and version - or, if there is a _multi.changes file, dgit uses that. .TP .BI --existing-package= package -dgit push needs to canonicalise the suite name. But currently -there is no way to ask the archive to do this without knowing the +dgit push needs to canonicalise the suite name. Sometimes, dgit +lacks a way to ask the archive to do this without knowing the name of an existing package. Without --new we can just use the package we are trying to push. But with --new that will not work, so we guess .B dpkg -or use the value of this option. +or use the value of this option. This option is not needed with the +default mechanisms for accessing the archive. .TP .BR -h | --help Print a usage summary. @@ -646,10 +647,6 @@ We should be using some kind of vhost/vpath setup for the git repos on alioth, so that they can be moved later if and when this turns out to be a good idea. -The method of canonicalising suite names is bizarre. See the -.B --existing-package -option for one of the implications. - dgit push should perhaps do `git push origin', or something similar, by default. |