From 1d01e5ebb230a058093afa0058cde2429545fc54 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Sean Whitton Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2017 09:45:02 -0700 Subject: dgit-*(7): --deliberately-not-fast-forward for first dgit push Signed-off-by: Sean Whitton --- dgit-maint-gbp.7.pod | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) (limited to 'dgit-maint-gbp.7.pod') diff --git a/dgit-maint-gbp.7.pod b/dgit-maint-gbp.7.pod index c31dfa5..3c438ab 100644 --- a/dgit-maint-gbp.7.pod +++ b/dgit-maint-gbp.7.pod @@ -111,6 +111,13 @@ want to follow it up with a push to alioth. You will need to pass I<--overwrite> if the previous upload was not performed with dgit. +If this is first ever dgit push of the package, consider passing +I<--deliberately-not-fast-forward> instead of I<--overwrite>. This +avoids introducing a new origin commit into the dgit view of your git +history. (This origin commit would represent the most recent non-dgit +upload of the package, but this should already be represented in your +git history.) + =head1 INCORPORATING NMUS B can't yet incorporate NMUs into patches-unapplied gbp -- cgit v1.2.3