1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/dgit b/dgit
index de14c1e..8c7f288 100755
--- a/dgit
+++ b/dgit
@@ -7355,7 +7355,10 @@ sub parseopts_late_defaults () {
 
     if (!defined $cleanmode) {
 	local $access_forpush;
-	$cleanmode = access_cfg('clean-mode', 'RETURN-UNDEF');
+	$cleanmode = access_cfg('clean-mode-newer', 'RETURN-UNDEF');
+	$cleanmode = undef if $cleanmode && $cleanmode !~ m/^$cleanmode_re$/;
+
+	$cleanmode //= access_cfg('clean-mode', 'RETURN-UNDEF');
 	$cleanmode //= 'dpkg-source';
 
 	badcfg f_ "unknown clean-mode \`%s'", $cleanmode unless