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+{{- /*
+Copyright 2017-present Open Networking Foundation
+
+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.
+*/ -}}
+
+{{- define "xos-db.release_labels" }}
+app: {{ printf "%s-%s" .Release.Name .Chart.Name | trunc 63 }}
+chart: {{ .Chart.Name }}-{{ .Chart.Version | replace "+" "_" }}
+release: {{ .Release.Name }}
+heritage: {{ .Release.Service }}
+version: {{ .Chart.Version }}
+{{- end }}
+