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+# Dockerfile to bootstrap build and test in openshift-ci
+
+FROM registry.svc.ci.openshift.org/openshift/release:golang-1.11
+
+RUN yum -y install make wget gcc git
diff --git a/openshift-ci/build-root/README.md b/openshift-ci/build-root/README.md
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+# Base Image for running tests on OpenShift CI
+
+This image is meant to be used as build root for tests on [OpenShift CI](https://github.com/openshift/release/blob/master/ci-operator/config/redhat-developer/odo/redhat-developer-odo-master.yaml)
+You can find out more in the [
+](https://github.com/openshift/ci-operator/blob/master/CONFIGURATION.md)