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+{
+  "versioning": {
+    "version": "1.18.0",
+    "pre_release_version": "rc1"
+  },
+  "RepoList": [
+    "openwhisk-runtime-nodejs"
+  ],
+  "openwhisk_runtime_nodejs": {
+    "name": "OpenWhisk Runtime Node.js",
+    "hash": "1e107825154db9c73b386d0999eb68c5d3df7161",
+    "repository": "https://github.com/apache/openwhisk-runtime-nodejs.git",
+    "branch": "master"
+  }
+}