diff --git a/scripts/docs/get_workspace_status.sh b/scripts/docs/get_workspace_status.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# Copyright 2022 The Bazel Authors. 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.
+
+RELEASE_NAME=$(source scripts/release/common.sh; get_full_release_name)
+
+if [[ -z "$RELEASE_NAME" ]]; then
+  echo BUILD_SCM_REVISION UNSAFE_"$(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)"
+else
+  echo "BUILD_SCM_REVISION $RELEASE_NAME"
+fi