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+#
+# Copyright OpenEmbedded Contributors
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+#
+
+IMAGE_PREPROCESS_COMMAND:append = " combine_dbg_image; "
+
+combine_dbg_image () {
+        if [ "${IMAGE_GEN_DEBUGFS}" = "1" -a -e ${IMAGE_ROOTFS}-dbg ]; then
+                # copy target files into -dbg rootfs, so it can be used for
+                # debug purposes directly
+                tar -C ${IMAGE_ROOTFS} -cf - . | tar -C ${IMAGE_ROOTFS}-dbg -xf -
+        fi
+}