When cloning, set up a remote `vcs-git' from the package's Vcs-Git (and put an appropriate caveat in the manpage). Closes:#740687.

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diff --git a/dgit.1 b/dgit.1
index 5a00dd7..9f9440f 100644
--- a/dgit.1
+++ b/dgit.1
@@ -59,12 +59,18 @@ The suite's git tip is
 left on the local branch
 .BI dgit/ suite
 ready for work, and on the corresponding dgit remote tracking branch.
-Also, the
+The
 .B origin
 remote will be set up to point to the package's dgit-repos tree
 for the distro to which
 .I suite
 belongs.
+
+For your convenience, the
+.B vcs-git
+remote will be set up from the package's Vcs-Git field, if there is
+one - but note that in the general case the history found there may be
+different to or even disjoint from dgit's view.
 .TP
 \fBdgit fetch\fR [\fIsuite\fP]
 Consults the archive and git-repos to update the git view of