diff --git a/releases/0.9.0-incubating/build_openwhisk_source_code.sh b/releases/0.9.0-incubating/build_openwhisk_source_code.sh
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+# contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+# this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+# The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+# (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+# the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+#
+
+set -e
+
+SCRIPTDIR="$(cd $(dirname "$0")/ && pwd)"
+source "$SCRIPTDIR/load_config.sh"
+
+clone_depth=${1:-"100"}
+
+function git_clone_repo() {
+    PROJECT_NAME=$1
+    HASH=$2
+    REPO=$3
+    BRANCH=$4
+    git clone --depth $clone_depth -b $BRANCH $REPO $OPENWHISK_SOURCE_DIR/$PROJECT_NAME
+    cd $OPENWHISK_SOURCE_DIR/$PROJECT_NAME
+    git reset --hard $HASH
+    #rm -rf .git
+}
+
+rm -rf $OPENWHISK_SOURCE_DIR/*
+
+for repo in $(echo $repos | sed "s/,/ /g")
+do
+    repo_name=$(echo "$repo" | sed -e 's/^"//' -e 's/"$//')
+    HASH_KEY=${repo_name//-/_}.hash
+    REPO_KEY=${repo_name//-/_}.repository
+    REPO_BRANCH=${repo_name//-/_}.branch
+    HASH=$(json_by_key "$CONFIG" $HASH_KEY)
+    REPO=$(json_by_key "$CONFIG" $REPO_KEY)
+    BRANCH=$(json_by_key "$CONFIG" $REPO_BRANCH)
+    if [ "$HASH" != "null" ]; then
+        echo "The hash for $repo_name is $HASH"
+        git_clone_repo $repo_name $HASH $REPO $BRANCH
+    fi
+done
diff --git a/releases/0.9.0-incubating/get_openwhisk_source_code.sh b/releases/0.9.0-incubating/get_openwhisk_source_code.sh
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+# contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+# this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+# The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+# (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+# the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+#
+
+set -e
+
+SCRIPTDIR="$(cd $(dirname "$0")/ && pwd)"
+source "$SCRIPTDIR/load_config.sh"
+
+clone_depth=${1:-"100"}
+
+function git_clone_repo() {
+    PROJECT_NAME=$1
+    HASH=$2
+    REPO=$3
+    BRANCH=$4
+    git clone --depth $clone_depth -b $BRANCH $REPO $OPENWHISK_SOURCE_DIR/$PROJECT_NAME
+    cd $OPENWHISK_SOURCE_DIR/$PROJECT_NAME
+    git reset --hard $HASH
+    #rm -rf .git
+}
+
+rm -rf $OPENWHISK_SOURCE_DIR/*
+
+for repo in $(echo $repos | sed "s/,/ /g")
+do
+    repo_name=$(echo "$repo" | sed -e 's/^"//' -e 's/"$//')
+    HASH_KEY=${repo_name//-/_}.hash
+    REPO_KEY=${repo_name//-/_}.repository
+    REPO_BRANCH=${repo_name//-/_}.branch
+    HASH=$(json_by_key "$CONFIG" $HASH_KEY)
+    REPO=$(json_by_key "$CONFIG" $REPO_KEY)
+    BRANCH=$(json_by_key "$CONFIG" $REPO_BRANCH)
+    if [ "$HASH" != "null" ]; then
+        echo "The hash for $repo_name is $HASH"
+        git_clone_repo $repo_name $HASH $REPO $BRANCH
+    fi
+done