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-sponsorship.7.pod | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) (limited to 'dgit-sponsorship.7.pod') diff --git a/dgit-sponsorship.7.pod b/dgit-sponsorship.7.pod index 8d5b72d..0808329 100644 --- a/dgit-sponsorship.7.pod +++ b/dgit-sponsorship.7.pod @@ -257,6 +257,14 @@ you may need to pass C<--overwrite> to dgit. +Alternatively, +if this was the first ever dgit push of the package, +you can pass C<--deliberately-not-fast-forward> +instead of C<--overwrite>. +This avoids introducing a new origin commit +into the dgit view of +the sponsee's git history +which is unnecessary and could be confusing. =head1 SPONSORING A NON-GIT-USING SPONSEE -- cgit v1.2.3