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authorGuido Guenther <agx@sigxcpu.org>2006-12-22 19:37:01 +0100
committerGuido Guenther <agx@bogon.sigxcpu.org>2006-12-22 19:37:01 +0100
commitac44affcce64661fb8f9d820664a61486ebfc400 (patch)
tree18966b22df08823212b5c4dcf57a3c9b38df530a
parent356580c4b6332561d13b74cd5f37635e1559fa67 (diff)
clarify --git-debian-branch
-rw-r--r--docs/manpages/git-buildpackage.sgml6
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/docs/manpages/git-buildpackage.sgml b/docs/manpages/git-buildpackage.sgml
index a221f906..8be4f65b 100644
--- a/docs/manpages/git-buildpackage.sgml
+++ b/docs/manpages/git-buildpackage.sgml
@@ -114,8 +114,10 @@
</term>
<listitem>
<para>If you're not on this branch when invoking &git-buildpackage;
- it will fail. Default is <replaceable>master</replaceable>. This
- option will be ignored when using <option>--git-ignore-new</option>.
+ it will fail. Default is <replaceable>master</replaceable>. This is
+ done to make sure you don't accidentally release from a topic branch.
+ Not being on this branch will be ignored when using
+ <option>--git-ignore-new</option>.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>