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@@ -78,6 +78,14 @@ so that your history,
which will be pushed to the dgit git server,
is fast forward from the dgit archive view.
+Alternatively,
+if this was the first ever dgit push of the package,
+you can avoid this merge commit by
+passing C<--deliberately-not-fast-forward>.
+instead of C<--overwrite>.
+This avoids introducing a new origin commit into
+your git history.
+
=head1 SUBSEQUENT PUSHES
=over 4