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+package:
+  name: gitlab-kas-18.1
+  version: "18.1.0"
+  epoch: 0
+  description: GitLab KAS is a component installed together with GitLab. It is required to manage the GitLab agent for Kubernetes.
+  copyright:
+    - license: MIT
+  dependencies:
+    provides:
+      - gitlab-kas=${{package.full-version}}
+
+var-transforms:
+  - from: ${{package.version}}
+    match: ^(\d+\.\d+)\.\d+$
+    replace: "$1"
+    to: major-minor-version
+
+pipeline:
+  - uses: git-checkout
+    with:
+      repository: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cluster-integration/gitlab-agent
+      tag: v${{package.version}}
+      expected-commit: 290a9ef14ad59a4d1d0c57da095860152d1b1090
+
+  - uses: go/build
+    with:
+      packages: ./cmd/kas
+      output: kas
+      ldflags: |
+        -w -X gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cluster-integration/gitlab-agent/v17/cmd.Version=v${{package.version}}
+        -X gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cluster-integration/gitlab-agent/v17/cmd.Commit=v${{package.version}}
+        -X gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cluster-integration/gitlab-agent/v17/cmd.BuildTime=$(date -d@${SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH} +%F-%T)
+
+subpackages:
+  - name: gitlab-agent-${{vars.major-minor-version}}
+    description: GitLab Agent for Kubernetes allows to integrate your cluster with GitLab in a secure way.
+    dependencies:
+      provides:
+        - gitlab-agent=${{package.full-version}}
+    pipeline:
+      - uses: go/build
+        with:
+          packages: ./cmd/agentk
+          output: agentk
+          ldflags: |
+            -w
+            -X gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cluster-integration/gitlab-agent/v17/cmd.Version=v${{package.version}}
+            -X gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cluster-integration/gitlab-agent/v17/cmd.Commit=v${{package.version}}
+            -X gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cluster-integration/gitlab-agent/v17/cmd.BuildTime=$(date -d@${SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH} +%F-%T)
+    test:
+      pipeline:
+        - runs: agentk --version
+
+update:
+  enabled: true
+  git:
+    strip-prefix: v
+    tag-filter-prefix: v18.1
+
+test:
+  environment:
+    contents:
+      packages:
+        - gitlab-kas-${{vars.major-minor-version}}
+        - gitlab-agent-${{vars.major-minor-version}}
+  pipeline:
+    - runs: |
+        kas --version
+        agentk --version
+        kas --help