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=head1 INITIAL DEBIANISATION
+=head2 When upstream tags releases in git and releases identical tarballs
+
+Ideally upstream would make git tags, and tarball releases, which are
+completely identical to each other. If this is the case then you can
+use the upstream tarballs directly.
+
+If you're not sure, use the procedure below under "When upstream
+releases only tarballs" only with a different upstream tag name. Then
+use git diff to check that there are no differences.
+
=head2 When upstream tags releases in git
Suppose that the latest stable upstream release is 1.2.2, and this has