diff --git a/debian/compat b/debian/compat
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..b8626c4cff2849624fb67f87cd0ad72b163671ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/compat
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
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diff --git a/debian/git-core.install b/debian/git-core.install
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..72e8ffc0db8aad71a934dd11e5968bd5109e54b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/git-core.install
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+*