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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# make local forks of k8s.io/api, k8s.io/apimachinery, and k8s.io/client-go
+
+function cloneIt {
+  git clone -b kubernetes-1.16.2 --depth 1 \
+    https://github.com/kubernetes/$1.git
+}
+
+function makeClones {
+  pushd ./api/internal
+
+  rm -rf forked
+  mkdir forked
+  cd forked
+
+  me=`basename "$0"`
+
+  cat <<EOF >README.md
+
+Code below this point was created by $me
+
+Do not edit.
+
+EOF
+
+  cloneIt api
+  cloneIt apimachinery
+  cloneIt client-go
+
+  popd
+}
+
+function fixGoMod {
+  go mod edit \
+    -require=k8s.io/api@v0.0.0 \
+    -require=k8s.io/apimachinery@v0.0.0 \
+    -require=k8s.io/client-go@v0.0.0
+  
+  go mod edit \
+    -replace=k8s.io/api@v0.0.0=$1/internal/forked/api \
+    -replace=k8s.io/apimachinery@v0.0.0=$1/internal/forked/apimachinery \
+    -replace=k8s.io/client-go@v0.0.0=$1/internal/forked/client-go
+
+  go mod tidy
+}
+
+function fixAllGoMods {
+  (cd api; fixGoMod . )
+  (cd kustomize; fixGoMod ../api )
+
+  for goMod in $(find ./plugin/builtin -name 'go.mod'); do
+    dir=$(dirname "${goMod}")
+    (cd $dir; fixGoMod ../../../api )
+  done
+
+  for goMod in $(find ./plugin/someteam.example.com/v1 -name 'go.mod'); do
+    dir=$(dirname "${goMod}")
+    (cd $dir; fixGoMod ../../../../api )
+  done
+}
+ 
+makeClones
+fixAllGoMods
+
+