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Diffstat (limited to 'dgit.1')
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@@ -631,7 +631,8 @@ This could perhaps be used to detect bugs in your rules clean target. .TP .BR -N " | " --new The package is or may be new in this suite. Without this, dgit will -refuse to push. It may (for Debian, will) be unable to access the git +refuse to push. +It may (for Debian, will) be unable to access the git history for any packages which have been newly pushed and have not yet been published. .TP @@ -790,8 +791,9 @@ The meanings of understood in the context of Debian are discussed below: .TP .BR --deliberately-not-fast-forward -Declare that you are deliberately rewinding history. When pushing to -Debian, use this when you are making a renewed upload of an entirely +Declare that you are deliberately rewinding history. +When pushing to Debian, +use this when you are making a renewed upload of an entirely new source package whose previous version was not accepted for release from NEW because of problems with copyright or redistributibility. @@ -1291,6 +1293,13 @@ The result is a fresh import, discarding the git history that the person who pushed that .dsc was working with. .TP +.B \-\-force-reusing-version +Carry on even though this involves reusing a version number +of a previous push or upload. +It is normally best to give different versions different numbers. +Some servers (including, usually, the Debian server) +will reject attempts to reuse or replace already-pushed versions. +.TP .B \-\-force-uploading-binaries Carry on and upload binaries @@ -1331,7 +1340,7 @@ See Debian bug #841867. .BR \-\-for\-push Override the dgit-distro.distro.readonly configuration setting, to specify that we have read/write access -and should use the corresponding git and achive access approach +and should use the corresponding git and achieve access approach even if the operation is a read-only one. .SH CONFIGURATION dgit can be configured via the git config system. @@ -1358,6 +1367,10 @@ may be a glob pattern. .TP .BI dgit.default.distro " distro" The default distro for an unknown suite. + +This is only used if no +.BI /usr/share/distro-info/ somedistro .csv +mentions the specified suite. .TP .BI dgit.default.default-suite " suite" The default suite (eg for clone). |