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@@ -33,7 +33,9 @@ and
.B dgit fetch
consult the archive and dgit-repos and fetch and/or construct the
git view of the history. With clone, the destination directory (by
-default, the package name in the current directory) will be created.
+default, the package name in the current directory) will be created,
+and the new directory's `origin' remote will be set up to point to
+the package's dgit-repos tree.
.B dgit build
runs
@@ -54,13 +56,22 @@ archive.
You may use any suitable git workflow with dgit, provided you
satisfy dgit's requirements:
+dgit maintains what looks a bit like a remote called
+.BR dgit ,
+with one branch per suite. This remote cannot be used with
+plain git.
+
The
.B dgit-repos
-repository for each package contains one branch per suite named
-\fBdgit/\fR\fIsuite\fR. These should be pushed to only by
+repository for each package contains one ref per suite named
+\fBdrefs/git/\fR\fIsuite\fR. These should be pushed to only by
dgit. They are fast forwarding. Each push on this branch
corresponds to an upload (or attempted upload).
+However, it is perfectly fine to have other branches in dgit-repos;
+normally the dgit-repos repo for the package will be accessible via
+the remote name `origin'.
+
dgit push can operate on any commit which is a descendant of the
current dgit/suite tip in dgit-repos.