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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.
+
+# This reimplements k8s.io/kubernetes-compatible version_x_defs, while namespacing
+# stamp variables with KUBERNETES_*.
+# The generated build defs then are defines by the workspace status script, see
+# //build/print-workspace-status.sh.
+
+def version_x_defs():
+    stamp_pkgs = [
+        "k8s.io/component-base/version",
+        "k8s.io/client-go/pkg/version",
+    ]
+
+    stamp_vars = [
+        "buildDate",
+        "gitCommit",
+        "gitMajor",
+        "gitMinor",
+        "gitTreeState",
+        "gitVersion",
+    ]
+
+    # Generate the cross-product.
+    x_defs = {}
+    for pkg in stamp_pkgs:
+        for var in stamp_vars:
+            x_defs["%s.%s" % (pkg, var)] = "{KUBERNETES_%s}" % var
+    return x_defs