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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
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</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>