VERSION | 1 +

diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..e0b63c7e6239c8a22c67493ceaea6553ab7f6b8c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+go1.7rc1
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