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+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
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+#
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+#
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+# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+
+# This workflow will update apache beam master branch with next release version
+# and cut release branch for current development version.
+
+# To learn more about GitHub Actions in Apache Beam check the CI.md
+
+name: Cut Release Branch
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      RELEASE_VERSION:
+        description: Beam version of current release
+        required: true
+      NEXT_VERSION:
+        description: Next release version
+        required: true
+
+jobs:
+  update_master:
+#    TODO: Replace to use self-hosted runners
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    env:
+      MASTER_BRANCH: master
+      NEXT_RELEASE: ${{ github.event.inputs.NEXT_VERSION }}
+    steps:
+      - name: Validate Next Version
+        run: |
+          if [[ $NEXT_RELEASE =~ ([0-9]\.[0-9]*\.[0-9]) ]]; then
+            NEXT_VERSION_IN_BASE_BRANCH=${BASH_REMATCH[1]}
+          fi
+          if [[ -z "$NEXT_VERSION_IN_BASE_BRANCH" ]]; then
+            echo "The input for NEXT_RELEASE does not match a valid format [0-9].[0-9].[0-9]"
+            exit 1
+          fi
+          echo "NEXT_VERSION_IN_BASE_BRANCH=${NEXT_VERSION_IN_BASE_BRANCH}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+      - name: Echo value
+        run: |
+          echo "NEXT_VERSION_IN_BASE_BRANCH: $NEXT_VERSION_IN_BASE_BRANCH"
+      - name: Check out code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - name: Set git config
+        run: |
+          git config user.name $GITHUB_ACTOR
+          git config user.email actions@"$RUNNER_NAME".local
+      - name: Update master branch
+        run: |
+          sh ./set_version.sh "$NEXT_VERSION_IN_BASE_BRANCH"
+          echo "==============Update master branch as following================"
+          git diff
+          echo "==============================================================="
+        working-directory: 'release/src/main/scripts'
+      - name: Commit and Push to master branch files with Next Version
+        run: |
+          git add buildSrc/src/main/groovy/org/apache/beam/gradle/BeamModulePlugin.groovy
+          git add gradle.properties
+          git add sdks/python/apache_beam/version.py
+          git add sdks/go/pkg/beam/core/core.go
+          git commit -m "Moving to ${NEXT_VERSION_IN_BASE_BRANCH}-SNAPSHOT on master branch."
+          git push --dry-run origin ${MASTER_BRANCH}
+
+  update_release_branch:
+#    TODO: Replace to use self-hosted runners
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    env:
+      RELEASE: ${{ github.event.inputs.RELEASE_VERSION }}
+      RELEASE_BRANCH: release-${env.RELEASE}
+    steps:
+      - name: Validate Release Version
+        run: |
+          if [[ ${RELEASE} =~ ([0-9]\.[0-9]*\.[0-9]) ]]; then
+            RELEASE_VERSION=${BASH_REMATCH[1]}
+          fi
+          if [[ -z "$RELEASE_VERSION" ]]; then
+            echo "The input for RELEASE does not match a valid format [0-9].[0-9].[0-9]"
+            exit 1
+          fi
+          echo "RELEASE_VERSION=${RELEASE_VERSION}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+      - name: Echo value
+        run: |
+          echo "RELEASE_VERSION: ${RELEASE_VERSION}"
+      - name: Check out code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - name: Set git config
+        run: |
+          git config user.name $GITHUB_ACTOR
+          git config user.email actions@"$RUNNER_NAME".local
+      - name: Checkout to release branch
+        run: |
+          git checkout -b ${RELEASE_BRANCH}
+          echo "==================Current working branch======================="
+          echo ${RELEASE_BRANCH}
+          echo "==============================================================="
+      - name: Update release version for dataflow runner
+        run: |
+          sed -i -e "s/'beam-master-.*'/'${RELEASE}'/g" \
+          runners/google-cloud-dataflow-java/build.gradle
+          echo "===============Update release branch as following=============="
+          git diff
+          echo "==============================================================="
+      - name: Commit and Push to release branch
+        run: |
+          git add runners/google-cloud-dataflow-java/build.gradle
+          git commit -m "Set Dataflow container to release version."
+          git push --dry-run --set-upstream origin ${RELEASE_BRANCH}
+
+
+
+
+