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+#!/bin/bash -eu
+
+# Copyright 2015 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.
+
+# This script is used to create the directory tree embedded into the Bazel
+# binary that is used as the default source for the @bazel_tools repository.
+# It shuffles around files compiled in other rules, then zips them up.
+
+OUTPUT="${PWD}/$1"
+shift
+
+TMP_DIR=${TMPDIR:+/tmp}
+PACKAGE_DIR="$(mktemp -d ${TMP_DIR%%/}/bazel.XXXXXXXX)"
+mkdir -p "${PACKAGE_DIR}"
+trap "rm -fr \"${PACKAGE_DIR}\"" EXIT
+
+for i in $*; do
+  OUTPUT_PATH=$(echo $i | sed 's_^.*bazel-out/[^/]*/bin/__')
+  mkdir -p "${PACKAGE_DIR}/$(dirname "${OUTPUT_PATH}")"
+  cp "$i" "${PACKAGE_DIR}/${OUTPUT_PATH}"
+done
+
+touch "${PACKAGE_DIR}/WORKSPACE"
+mkdir -p "${PACKAGE_DIR}/tools/defaults"
+touch "${PACKAGE_DIR}/tools/defaults/BUILD"
+for i in $(find "${PACKAGE_DIR}" -name BUILD.tools); do
+  mv "$i" "$(dirname "$i")/BUILD"
+done
+find "${PACKAGE_DIR}" -exec touch -t 198001010000.00 '{}' ';'
+(cd "${PACKAGE_DIR}" && zip -qrD "${OUTPUT}" *)