diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..93cb941
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+__pycache__
+build
+dist
+python_patch.egg-info
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diff --git a/patch.py b/patch.py
index 4775d70..c0975e9 100755
--- a/patch.py
+++ b/patch.py
@@ -697,8 +697,8 @@ def _normalize_filenames(self):
     for i,p in enumerate(self.items):
       if debugmode:
         debug("    patch type = " + p.type)
-        debug("    source = " + p.source)
-        debug("    target = " + p.target)
+        debug("    source = " + p.source.decode())
+        debug("    target = " + p.target.decode())
       if p.type in (HG, GIT):
         # TODO: figure out how to deal with /dev/null entries
         debug("stripping a/ and b/ prefixes")
@@ -1200,4 +1200,4 @@ def main():
 # PatchSet.items  -->  PatchSet.patches
 
 # [ ] run --revert test for all dataset items
-# [ ] run .parse() / .dump() test for dataset
+# [ ] run .parse() / .dump() test for dataset
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diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..36771c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+import pathlib
+
+from setuptools import setup, find_packages
+
+import patch
+
+setup(
+    name="python-patch",
+    version=patch.__version__,
+    description="Library to parse and apply unified diffs.",
+    long_description=(pathlib.Path(__file__).parent / "README.md").read_text(),
+    long_description_content_type="text/markdown",
+    url=patch.__url__,
+    author=patch.__author__,
+    author_email="techtonik@gmail.com",
+    license=patch.__license__,
+    entry_points={"console_scripts": ["patch.py=patch:main"]},
+    # packages=find_packages(exclude=["tests", "tests.*"]),
+    packages = ["."],
+    install_requires=[
+    ],
+    extras_require={
+        # [all] pulls in all radio libraries
+        "testing": [
+            "pytest>=5.4.5",
+        ],
+    },
+)
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