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+# Copyright 2021-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.
+
+CWD=$( dirname ${BASH_SOURCE[0]} )
+NEW_VERSION=$(head -n1 "$CWD/../VERSION")
+
+if [[ "$NEW_VERSION" =~ ^([0-9]+)\.([0-9]+)\.([0-9]+)$ ]]
+then
+  echo "Version string '$NEW_VERSION' is a SemVer released version!"
+  SNAPSHOTS=$(cat "$CWD/../dependencies.xml" | grep "SNAPSHOT" | wc -l)
+  if [[ "$SNAPSHOTS" -gt 0 ]]
+  then
+    echo "ERROR: Referring to -SNAPSHOT apps in a released VERSION"
+    exit 1
+  fi
+fi