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+#!/bin/bash
+
+tmpdir=$(mktemp -d)
+trap 'rm -rf $tmpdir' EXIT
+
+# List all submariner-io dependencies with a - in their version
+# We're looking for versions pointing to commits, of the form
+# vX.Y.Z-0.YYYYMMDDhhmmss-hash
+GOWORK=off go list -m -mod=mod -json all | \
+    jq -r 'select(.Path | contains("/submariner-io/")) | select(.Main != true) | select(.Version | contains ("-")) | select(.Version | length > 14) | "\(.Path) \(.Version)"' | \
+    while read -r project version; do
+    cd "$tmpdir" || exit 1
+    git clone "https://$project"
+    cd "${project##*/}" || exit 1
+    hash="${version##*-}"
+    branch="${GITHUB_BASE_REF:-devel}"
+    if ! git merge-base --is-ancestor "$hash" "origin/$branch"; then
+        printf "This project depends on %s %s\n" "$project" "$version"
+        printf "but %s branch %s does not contain commit %s\n" "$project" "$branch" "$hash"
+        exit 1
+    fi
+    done