Source package configuration for dgit-maint-merge(7)

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+The Debian packaging of emacs-buttercup is maintained in git, using
+the merging workflow described in dgit-maint-merge(7).  There isn't a
+patch queue that can be represented as a quilt series.
+
+A detailed breakdown of the changes is available from their canonical
+representation - git commits in the packaging repository.  For
+example, to see the changes made by the Debian maintainer in the first
+upload of upstream version 1.2.3, you could use:
+
+    % git clone https://git.dgit.debian.org/emacs-buttercup
+    % cd emacs-buttercup
+    % git log --oneline 1.2.3..debian/1.2.3-1 -- . ':!debian'
+
+(If you have dgit, use `dgit clone emacs-buttercup`, rather than plain
+`git clone`.)
+
+A single combined diff, containing all the changes, follows.