gitattributes: Suppress transformations in ud

We want all of our own manipulations to be unaffected by gitattributes
transformations, so that the imported git *trees* are identical to the
source packages.  (Ie, if transformations are in effect, the
*checkout* of such a tree might not be identical to the source
package.)

Signed-off-by: Ian Jackson <ijackson@chiark.greenend.org.uk>

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/dgit.7 b/dgit.7
index 284fcf6..c3e5818 100644
--- a/dgit.7
+++ b/dgit.7
@@ -211,6 +211,10 @@ These transformations are context-sensitive
 and not, in general, reversible,
 so dgit operates on the principle that
 the dgit git history contains the actual contents of the package.
+(When dgit is manipulating a .dsc,
+it does so in a private area,
+where the transforming gitattributes are defused (disabled),
+to achieve this.)
 
 If transforming gitattributes used,
 they can cause trouble,