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@@ -8,6 +8,12 @@ This document describes elements of a workflow for using B<dgit> to
maintain an official Debian backport. We do not assume that whoever
uploads the package to Debian unstable is using B<dgit>.
+=head1 GENERAL TIPS
+
+The first time a package is backported
+for any particular Debian release,
+you will have to pass the --new option to dgit.
+
=head1 TERMINOLOGY
Let the I<master> branch contain the packaging history uploaded to