diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
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+Source: magit
+Section: devel
+Priority: optional
+Maintainer: Marius Vollmer <marius.vollmer@uni-dortmund.de>
+Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 4.0.0), emacs, texinfo
+Standards-Version: 3.6.0
+
+Package: magit
+Architecture: all
+Description: A Emacs interface for Git
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
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+#!/usr/bin/make -f
+
+build: build-stamp
+build-stamp:
+	dh build
+	touch build-stamp
+
+clean:
+	dh clean
+
+install: build install-stamp
+install-stamp:
+	dh install
+	touch install-stamp
+
+binary-arch: install
+	dh binary-arch
+
+binary-indep: install
+	dh binary-indep
+
+binary: binary-arch binary-indep