From 86ac87e912207b272c8159d03359459fc55eefba Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ian Jackson Date: Sun, 30 Oct 2016 23:36:01 +0000 Subject: dgit-nmu-simple(7): Mention vcs-git Signed-off-by: Ian Jackson --- dgit-nmu-simple.7.pod | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+) (limited to 'dgit-nmu-simple.7.pod') diff --git a/dgit-nmu-simple.7.pod b/dgit-nmu-simple.7.pod index f1e8543..b30934f 100644 --- a/dgit-nmu-simple.7.pod +++ b/dgit-nmu-simple.7.pod @@ -108,6 +108,30 @@ tree. It also means you don't care about the package clean target, which is just as well because many package clean targets are broken. +=head1 OTHER GIT BRANCHES + +The dgit git history +(visible in gitk and git log) +is not necessarily related to the maintainer's +or upstream's git history (if any). + +If the maintainer has advertised a git repo with +Vcs-Git +dgit will set up a remote for it, +so you can do + +=over 4 + + % git fetch vcs-git + +=back + +You can cherry pick changes from there, for example. +Note that the maintainer's git history may not be +suitable for use with dgit. +For example, it might be a patches-unapplied branch +or even contain only a debian/ directory. + =head1 UPLOADING TO DELAYED You can use dgit's I<--delayed> option -- cgit v1.2.3