diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
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+swh-loader-npm (0.0.0-1~swh1) unstable-swh; urgency=medium
+
+  * Initial release
+
+ -- Nicolas Dandrimont <olasd@debian.org>  Tue, 09 Apr 2019 15:42:38 +0200
diff --git a/debian/compat b/debian/compat
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+9
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
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+Source: swh-loader-npm
+Maintainer: Software Heritage developers <swh-devel@inria.fr>
+Section: python
+Priority: optional
+Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 9),
+               dh-python (>= 2),
+               python3-all,
+               python3-pytest,
+               python3-setuptools,
+               python3-swh.core,
+               python3-swh.loader.core,
+               python3-swh.model,
+               python3-swh.scheduler,
+               python3-swh.storage,
+               python3-vcversioner
+Standards-Version: 3.9.6
+Homepage: https://forge.softwareheritage.org/source/swh-loader-npm/
+
+Package: python3-swh.loader.npm
+Architecture: all
+Depends: ${misc:Depends}, ${python3:Depends}
+Description: Software Heritage NPM loader
diff --git a/debian/copyright b/debian/copyright
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+Format: http://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/copyright-format/1.0/
+
+Files: *
+Copyright: 2015 The Software Heritage developers
+License: GPL-3+
+
+License: GPL-3+
+ This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
+ (at your option) any later version.
+ .
+ This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ GNU General Public License for more details.
+ .
+ You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ .
+ On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public
+ License version 3 can be found in `/usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-3'.
+
+License: MIT
+ Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+ of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+ in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+ to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+ copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+ furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+ .
+ The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+ all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+ .
+ THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+ IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+ FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+ AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+ LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+ OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+ SOFTWARE.
diff --git a/debian/gbp.conf b/debian/gbp.conf
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+[DEFAULT]
+upstream-branch=debian/upstream
+upstream-tag=debian/upstream/%(version)s
+upstream-vcs-tag=v%(version)s
+debian-branch=debian/unstable-swh
+pristine-tar=True
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
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+#!/usr/bin/make -f
+
+export PYBUILD_NAME=swh.loader.npm
+export export PYBUILD_TEST_ARGS=-m 'not db'
+
+%:
+	dh $@ --with python3 --buildsystem=pybuild
diff --git a/debian/source/format b/debian/source/format
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+3.0 (quilt)