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@@ -28,6 +28,11 @@ Incorporate NMUs with a single command (see below).
=back
+Note that we assume a patches-unapplied repository: the upstream
+source committed to the git repository is unpatched.
+git-buildpackage(1) can work with patched-applied repositories, but is
+normally used with patches-unapplied.
+
=head1 GIT CONFIGURATION
If you run