From 601645922a2dd91735da980227c7bf4198c2071b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ian Jackson Date: Sat, 13 Oct 2018 12:48:12 +0100 Subject: dgit(1): Document that rules clean sometimes not run Signed-off-by: Ian Jackson --- dgit.1 | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) diff --git a/dgit.1 b/dgit.1 index 4521cd3..1ee0230 100644 --- a/dgit.1 +++ b/dgit.1 @@ -591,6 +591,13 @@ the build-dependencies are not checked .BR -d to dpkg-buildpackage), which violates policy, but may work in practice. + +The rules clean target will only be run if it is needed: +when dgit is going to build source or binary packages +from your working tree, +rather than from your git branch +(for example because of --include-dirty +or because the binary package build uses your working tree). .TP .BR -N " | " --new The package is or may be new in this suite. Without this, dgit will -- cgit v1.2.3