diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
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+plotille (3.7.2-1+swh1) unstable-swh; urgency=medium
+
+  * Initial release.
+
+ -- Antoine R. Dumont (@ardumont) <ardumont@softwareheritage.org>  Thu, 21 Jan 2021 15:47:56 +0100
diff --git a/debian/compat b/debian/compat
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+10
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
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+Source: plotille
+Maintainer: Software Heritage developers <swh-devel@inria.fr>
+Section: python
+Priority: optional
+Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 9),
+               dh-python (>= 2),
+               python3-all,
+               python3-setuptools,
+               python3-pytest,
+               python3-pytest-mock,
+               python3-numpy
+Standards-Version: 3.9.6
+Homepage: https://github.com/tammoippen/plotille
+
+Package: python3-plotille
+Architecture: all
+Depends: ${misc:Depends},
+         ${python3:Depends}
+Description: Plot in the terminal using braille dots.
diff --git a/debian/gbp.conf b/debian/gbp.conf
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+++ b/debian/gbp.conf
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+[DEFAULT]
+upstream-branch=debian/upstream
+upstream-tag=debian/upstream/%(version)s
+debian-branch=debian/unstable-swh
+pristine-tar=True
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
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+++ b/debian/rules
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+#!/usr/bin/make -f
+export PYBUILD_NAME=plotille
+
+%:
+	dh $@ --with python3 --buildsystem=pybuild
+
+override_dh_auto_test:
diff --git a/debian/source/format b/debian/source/format
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+++ b/debian/source/format
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+3.0 (quilt)