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+#  Copyright 2020 The Monogon Project Authors.
+#
+#  SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+#
+#  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+#  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+#  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+#  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+#  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+#  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+#  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+#  limitations under the License.
+
+def _os_release_impl(ctx):
+    ctx.actions.run(
+        mnemonic = "GenOSRelease",
+        progress_message = "Generating os-release",
+        inputs = [ctx.info_file],
+        outputs = [ctx.outputs.out],
+        executable = ctx.executable._genosrelease,
+        arguments = [
+            "-status_file",
+            ctx.info_file.path,
+            "-out_file",
+            ctx.outputs.out.path,
+            "-stamp_var",
+            ctx.attr.stamp_var,
+            "-name",
+            ctx.attr.os_name,
+            "-id",
+            ctx.attr.os_id,
+        ],
+    )
+
+os_release = rule(
+    implementation = _os_release_impl,
+    attrs = {
+        "os_name": attr.string(mandatory = True),
+        "os_id": attr.string(mandatory = True),
+        "stamp_var": attr.string(mandatory = True),
+        "_genosrelease": attr.label(
+            default = Label("//metropolis/node/build/genosrelease"),
+            cfg = "host",
+            executable = True,
+            allow_files = True,
+        ),
+    },
+    outputs = {
+        "out": "os-release",
+    },
+)