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diff --git a/git-debrebase.1.pod b/git-debrebase.1.pod index 9f82a7c..5da5320 100644 --- a/git-debrebase.1.pod +++ b/git-debrebase.1.pod @@ -188,6 +188,27 @@ that its command line syntax is optimal. We may want to introduce an incompatible replacement syntax under the name C<new-upstream>. +=item git-debrebase make-patches + +Generate patches in debian/patches/ +representing the changes made to upstream files. + +It is not normally necessary to run this command explicitly. +When uploading to Debian, +dgit and git-debrebase +will cooperate to regenerate patches as necessary. +When working with pure git remotes, +the patches are not needed. + +Normally git-debrebase make-patches will +require a laundered branch. +(A laundered branch does not contain any patches.) +But if there are already some patches made by +git-debrebase make-patches, +and all that has happened is that more +changes to upstream files have been committed, +running it again can add the missing patches. + =item git-debrebase convert-from-gbp [<upstream-commit-ish>] Cnnverts a gbp patches-unapplied branch |