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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Copyright 2017 The Kubernetes Authors.
+#
+# Licensed 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 -o errexit
+set -o nounset
+set -o pipefail
+
+KUBE_ROOT=$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE}")/..
+source "${KUBE_ROOT}/hack/lib/init.sh"
+
+kube::golang::setup_env
+
+make -C "${KUBE_ROOT}" WHAT=cmd/genswaggertypedocs
+
+# Find binary
+genswaggertypedocs=$(kube::util::find-binary "genswaggertypedocs")
+
+if [[ ! -x "$genswaggertypedocs" ]]; then
+  {
+    echo "It looks as if you don't have a compiled genswaggertypedocs binary"
+    echo
+    echo "If you are running from a clone of the git repo, please run"
+    echo "'make WHAT=cmd/genswaggertypedocs'."
+  } >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+DIFFROOT="${KUBE_ROOT}/federation"
+TMP_DIFFROOT="${KUBE_ROOT}/_tmp/federation"
+_tmp="${KUBE_ROOT}/_tmp_federation"
+
+cleanup() {
+  rm -rf "${_tmp}"
+}
+trap "cleanup" EXIT SIGINT
+
+cleanup
+
+mkdir -p "${TMP_DIFFROOT}"
+cp -a "${DIFFROOT}"/* "${TMP_DIFFROOT}/"
+
+"${KUBE_ROOT}/hack/update-federation-generated-swagger-docs.sh"
+echo "diffing ${DIFFROOT} against freshly generated swagger type documentation"
+ret=0
+diff -Naupr -I 'Auto generated by' "${DIFFROOT}" "${TMP_DIFFROOT}" || ret=$?
+cp -a "${TMP_DIFFROOT}"/* "${DIFFROOT}/"
+if [[ $ret -eq 0 ]]
+then
+  echo "${DIFFROOT} up to date."
+else
+  echo "${DIFFROOT} is out of date. Please run hack/update-federation-generated-swagger-docs.sh"
+  exit 1
+fi