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@@ -321,6 +321,27 @@ or .BR mergechanges . Can be repeated as necessary. .TP +.BR -d "\fIdistro\fR | " --distro= \fIdistro\fR +Specifies that the suite to be operated on is part of distro +.IR distro . +This overrides the default value found from the git config option +.BR dgit-suite. \fIsuite\fR .distro . +The only effect is that other configuration variables (used +for accessing the archive and dgit-repos) used are +.BR dgit-distro. \fIdistro\fR .* . + +If your suite is part of a distro that dgit already knows about, you +can use this option to make dgit work even if your dgit doesn't know +about the suite. For example, specifying +.B -ddebian +will work when the suite is an unknown suite in the Debian archive. + +To define a new distro it is necessary to define methods and URLs +for fetching (and, for dgit push, altering) a variety of information both +in the archive and in dgit-repos. How to do this is not yet +documented, and currently the arrangements are unpleasant. See +BUGS. +.TP .BI -C changesfile Specifies the .changes file which is to be uploaded. By default dgit push looks for single .changes file in the parent directory whose |