diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
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+repomd (0.2.1-1+swh1) unstable-swh; urgency=medium
+
+  * Initial release.
+
+ -- Antoine R. Dumont (@ardumont) <ardumont@softwareheritage.org>  Mon, 02 Jan 2023 15:47:00 +0100
diff --git a/debian/compat b/debian/compat
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+11
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
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+Source: repomd
+Section: python
+Priority: optional
+Maintainer: Software Heritage Developers <swh-devel@inria.fr>
+Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 11),
+               dh-python (>= 2),
+               python3-all,
+               python3-lxml,
+               python3-defusedxml,
+               python3-pytest,
+               python3-pytest-cov,
+               python3-pytest-flake8,
+               python3-setuptools,
+Standards-Version: 4.1.3
+Homepage: https://github.com/carlwgeorge/repomd
+
+Package: python3-repomd
+Architecture: all
+Depends: ${misc:Depends}, ${python3:Depends}
+Description: Python library for parsing dnf/yum repositories
+  This library provides an object-oriented interface to get information out of
+  dnf/yum repositories.
+
+
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
+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=repomd
+# export PYBUILD_TEST_ARGS=-o xfail_strict=False
+
+%:
+	dh $@ --with python3 --buildsystem=pybuild
+
+# override_dh_auto_install:
+# 	dh_auto_install
+# 	rm -r $(CURDIR)/debian/*/usr/lib/python3.*/dist-packages/.coverage
+# 	rm -r $(CURDIR)/debian/*/usr/lib/python3.*/dist-packages/.pytest_cache
diff --git a/debian/source/format b/debian/source/format
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+3.0 (quilt)