diff --git a/debian/source/options b/debian/source/options
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index b99e0e3c..00000000
--- a/debian/source/options
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-# Default ignore patterns contains *.o and *.a. So we need to define our own
-# patterns to get them included.
---tar-ignore=.*.sw?
---tar-ignore=*/*~
---tar-ignore=,,*
---tar-ignore=.[#~]*
---tar-ignore=.deps
---tar-ignore=.git
---tar-ignore=.gitattributes
---tar-ignore=.gitignore
---tar-ignore=.gitmodules