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# `direct-changes-in-diff-but-no-patch-system`

The Debian diff.gz contains changes to files or creation of additional files outside the `debian` directory. Keeping the changes as separate patches under the control of a patch system allows for more fine grained control over them. The package will also more easily support possible future source package formats if all changes outside the `debian` directory are stored as patches.

If the diff only creates new files that can be copied into place by the package build rules, consider putting them in the `debian` directory rather than using a patch system.

Severity: | `pedantic`
Experimental: | `false`

## See also

- list of all the affected packages
- the source of this tag