--- /dev/null
+# -*- makefile -*-
+
+clean::
+ fakeroot debian/rules clean
+.PHONY: clean
+
+prepare::
+.PHONY: prepare
+
+deb: prepare
+ dpkg-buildpackage -us -uc -rfakeroot -I.git -I.gitignore -I.gitmodules
+.PHONY: deb
+
+###########################################################################
+# Generate debian/changelog from git log
+
+NAME := $(shell awk '/^Source:/{print $$2}' debian/control)
+CLOGDIR := .git/changelogs
+CHANGELOGS := $(shell lasttag=HEAD; \
+ (git tag -l 'v*'; echo) \
+ | while read tag; do \
+ echo $(CLOGDIR)/$${tag}$${tag:+-}$$lasttag; \
+ lasttag=$$tag; \
+ done)
+
+# Author/Date formating could be as simple as git log --format=' -- %an <%ae> %cD'
+# however, we want the tagger not the author and git log doesn't show tags, only commits ...
+$(CHANGELOGS): %:
+ @echo "generating $@"
+ @mkdir -p "$(CLOGDIR)"
+ @( \
+ version="$@"; version="$${version#$(CLOGDIR)/}"; \
+ from="$${version%-*}"; version="$${version#*-}"; to="$$version"; \
+ if [ "$$from" = "$$to" ]; then from=""; fi; \
+ release="unstable"; \
+ if [ "$$version" = "HEAD" ]; then \
+ version="`git describe --tag --match='v*' | sed -e 's/-/~/' -e 's/-/./g'`"; \
+ release="UNRELEASED"; \
+ fi; \
+ version="$${version#v}"; \
+ echo "$(NAME) ($$version) $$release; urgency=low"; \
+ echo; \
+ git log --format=' * [%h] %s' $$from$${from:+..}$$to; \
+ date="`echo $$to | git cat-file --batch \
+ | sed -n \
+ -e 's/^\(tagger\|committer\) \(.*\)00$$/\2/' \
+ -eT -e 'y/+-/-+/' -ep`"; \
+ author="$${date% * *}"; date="$${date#$$author }"; zone="$${date#* }"; \
+ date="`TZ="UTC$$zone" date -d "1/1/1970 0:0 UTC + $${date% *} seconds" --rfc-2822`"; \
+ echo; echo " -- $$author $$date"; echo; \
+ ) >$@ || (rm -f $@; false)
+.PHONY: $(word 1,$(CHANGELOGS)) # The first changelog entry must be recreated on each call
+
+debian/changelog: $(CHANGELOGS)
+ cat $^ > $@ || (rm -f $@; false)
+
+clean::
+ rm -f debian/changelog
+ rm -rf $(CLOGDIR)
+
+prepare:: debian/changelog