From a948561e5e1062df67b0c9f4d506c6246f6e49c5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ian Jackson Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2018 01:06:00 +0100 Subject: dgit(1): Mention in --overwrite that it is usually needed for first dgit push This is part of #891031. Signed-off-by: Ian Jackson --- dgit.1 | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/dgit.1 b/dgit.1 index 8ddcbe3..e54ab43 100644 --- a/dgit.1 +++ b/dgit.1 @@ -519,6 +519,12 @@ This option is useful if you are the maintainer, and you have incorporated NMU changes into your own git workflow in a way that doesn't make your branch a fast forward from the NMU. +This option is also usually necessary +the first time a package is pushed with dgit push +to a particular suite. +See +.BR dgit-maint- \fI*\fR (7) . + .I previous-version ought to be the version currently in the archive. If .I previous-version -- cgit v1.2.3