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+// This file is Free Software under the MIT License
+// without warranty, see README.md and LICENSES/MIT.txt for details.
+//
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+//
+// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 German Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) <https://www.bsi.bund.de>
+// Software-Engineering: 2022 Intevation GmbH <https://intevation.de>
+
+package util
+
+// SemVersion the version in semver.org format, MUST be overwritten during
+// the linking stage of the build process
+var SemVersion = "0.0.0"