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+# Upstream does not publish any tarball other than GitLab-generated ones,
+# that should not be imported directly via uscan and gbp import-orig,
+# so debian/watch is voluntarily not provided in order to avoid malformed
+# imports.
+backupninja: debian-watch-file-is-missing