VERSION | 1 +

diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..d4dd524cb09ff0f4531f06ff9e39f9c6aab50530
--- /dev/null
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+go1.18rc1
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