diff -r 6ee7add34f8b -r b18b00036355 Makefile
--- a/Makefile	Wed Aug 29 11:15:03 2012 +0200
+++ b/Makefile	Wed Aug 29 11:36:10 2012 +0200
@@ -24,4 +24,13 @@
 all-version-tests: tests-1.3.1 tests-1.4.3 tests-1.5.4 \
                    tests-1.6.4 tests-1.7.5 tests-1.8 tests-tip
 
+deb-prepare:
+	python setup.py sdist --dist-dir ..
+	mv -f ../hg-evolve-1.0.0.tar.gz ../mercurial-evolve_1.0.0.orig.tar.gz
+	tar xf ../mercurial-evolve_1.0.0.orig.tar.gz
+	rm -rf ../mercurial-evolve_1.0.0.orig
+	mv hg-evolve-1.0.0 ../mercurial-evolve_1.0.0.orig
+	cp -r debian/ ../mercurial-evolve_1.0.0.orig/
+	@cd ../mercurial-evolve_1.0.0.orig && echo 'debian build directory ready at' `pwd`
+
 .PHONY: tests all-version-tests