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+###
+# ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+# ONAP CLAMP
+# ================================================================================
+# Copyright (C) 2017 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights
+#                             reserved.
+# ================================================================================
+# 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.
+# ============LICENSE_END============================================
+# ===================================================================
+###
+
+# Versioning variables
+# Note that these variables cannot be structured (e.g. : version.release or version.snapshot etc... )
+# because they are used in Jenkins, whose plug-in doesn't support
+
+major=1
+minor=0
+patch=0
+
+base_version=${major}.${minor}.${patch}
+
+# Release must be completed with git revision # in Jenkins
+release_version=${base_version}
+snapshot_version=${base_version}-SNAPSHOT