== Setup your environment ==

Add the following variables in your ~/.bashrc file. DEBEMAIL and DEBFULLNAME variables are used by debian tools (like debmake, dch etc) to set your name and email.

{{{
export DEBEMAIL=your@email.domain
export DEBFULLNAME='Your Name'
alias lintian='lintian -iIEcv --pedantic --color auto' # gives more verbose output and helpful hints to solve the problem
alias git-import-dsc='git-import-dsc --author-is-committer --pristine-tar' # optional
alias clean='fakeroot debian/rules clean' # optional
}}}

Note: You can also use {{{debclean}}} command instead of setting alias for {{{clean}}}.

and update your current environment by running

{{{
$ source ~/.bashrc
}}}