Bug#1050713: --overwrite and mixed team workflows, and split brain

2023-09-02 Thread Ian Jackson
For now I'm at least adding a cross-reference from --overwrite (in dgit(1)) to --split-view=always. I still think we may want more guidance in this area, but it's complicated. A lot of it depends on individual foibles and opinions of the co-maintainers, so an opinionated workflow guide isn't the

Bug#1050713: --overwrite and mixed team workflows, and split brain

2023-08-28 Thread Ian Jackson
Package: dgit Version: 11.3 The troubles with --overwrite's name and docs are raising their head again. This time, we had a user who really wanted, probably, --overwrite --split-view=always The context was the debhelper package, which is team maintained. Not all the team members use dgit and