2 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/dgit b/dgit
index ede7010..0df3f75 100755
--- a/dgit
+++ b/dgit
@@ -1698,6 +1698,7 @@ sub mktree_in_ud_here () {
     runcmd qw(git config gc.auto 0);
     rmtree('.git/objects');
     symlink '../../../../objects','.git/objects' or die $!;
+    setup_gitattrs();
 }
 
 sub git_write_tree () {
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,