diff --git a/staging/publishing/rules-godeps.yaml b/staging/publishing/rules-godeps.yaml
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--- a/staging/publishing/rules-godeps.yaml
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-recursive-delete-patterns:
-- BUILD
-- "*/BUILD"
-- BUILD.bazel
-- "*/BUILD.bazel"
-- Gopkg.toml
-rules:
-- destination: code-generator
-  branches:
-  - source:
-      branch: release-1.14
-      dir: staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator
-    name: release-1.14
-    go: 1.12.5
-- destination: apimachinery
-  library: true
-  branches:
-  - source:
-      branch: release-1.14
-      dir: staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery
-    name: release-1.14
-    go: 1.12.5
-- destination: api
-  library: true
-  branches:
-  - source:
-      branch: release-1.14
-      dir: staging/src/k8s.io/api
-    name: release-1.14
-    go: 1.12.5
-    dependencies:
-      - repository: apimachinery
-        branch: release-1.14
-- destination: client-go
-  library: true
-  branches:
-  - source:
-      branch: release-1.14
-      dir: staging/src/k8s.io/client-go
-    name: release-11.0
-    go: 1.12.5
-    dependencies:
-      - repository: apimachinery
-        branch: release-1.14
-      - repository: api
-        branch: release-1.14
-  smoke-test: |
-    godep restore
-    go build ./...
-    go test $(go list ./... | grep -v /vendor/)
-- destination: component-base
-  library: true
-  branches:
-  - source:
-      branch: release-1.14
-      dir: staging/src/k8s.io/component-base
-    name: release-1.14
-    go: 1.12.5
-    dependencies:
-      - repository: apimachinery
-        branch: release-1.14
-- destination: apiserver
-  library: true
-  branches:
-  - source:
-      branch: release-1.14
-      dir: staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver
-    name: release-1.14
-    go: 1.12.5
-    dependencies:
-      - repository: apimachinery
-        branch: release-1.14
-      - repository: api
-        branch: release-1.14
-      - repository: client-go
-        branch: release-11.0
-      - repository: component-base
-        branch: release-1.14
-- destination: kube-aggregator
-  branches:
-  - source:
-      branch: release-1.14
-      dir: staging/src/k8s.io/kube-aggregator
-    name: release-1.14
-    go: 1.12.5
-    dependencies:
-      - repository: apimachinery
-        branch: release-1.14
-      - repository: api
-        branch: release-1.14
-      - repository: client-go
-        branch: release-11.0
-      - repository: apiserver
-        branch: release-1.14
-      - repository: component-base
-        branch: release-1.14
-- destination: sample-apiserver
-  branches:
-  - source:
-      branch: release-1.14
-      dir: staging/src/k8s.io/sample-apiserver
-    name: release-1.14
-    go: 1.12.5
-    dependencies:
-      - repository: apimachinery
-        branch: release-1.14
-      - repository: api
-        branch: release-1.14
-      - repository: client-go
-        branch: release-11.0
-      - repository: apiserver
-        branch: release-1.14
-      - repository: code-generator
-        branch: release-1.14
-      - repository: component-base
-        branch: release-1.14
-    required-packages:
-      - k8s.io/code-generator
-  smoke-test: |
-    # vendor/ should have all dependencies as a non-library
-    go build .
-    # re-create vendor/ and try again
-    godep restore
-    rm -rf vendor/ Godeps/
-    godep save ./...
-    go build .
-- destination: sample-controller
-  branches:
-  - source:
-      branch: release-1.14
-      dir: staging/src/k8s.io/sample-controller
-    name: release-1.14
-    go: 1.12.5
-    dependencies:
-      - repository: apimachinery
-        branch: release-1.14
-      - repository: api
-        branch: release-1.14
-      - repository: client-go
-        branch: release-11.0
-      - repository: code-generator
-        branch: release-1.14
-      - repository: component-base
-        branch: release-1.14
-    required-packages:
-      - k8s.io/code-generator
-  smoke-test: |
-    # vendor/ should have all dependencies as a non-library
-    go build .
-
-    # re-create vendor/ and try again
-    godep restore
-    rm -rf vendor/ Godeps/
-    godep save ./...
-    go build .
-- destination: apiextensions-apiserver
-  branches:
-  - source:
-      branch: release-1.14
-      dir: staging/src/k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver
-    name: release-1.14
-    go: 1.12.5
-    dependencies:
-      - repository: apimachinery
-        branch: release-1.14
-      - repository: api
-        branch: release-1.14
-      - repository: client-go
-        branch: release-11.0
-      - repository: apiserver
-        branch: release-1.14
-      - repository: code-generator
-        branch: release-1.14
-      - repository: component-base
-        branch: release-1.14
-    required-packages:
-      - k8s.io/code-generator
-- destination: metrics
-  library: true
-  branches:
-  - source:
-      branch: release-1.14
-      dir: staging/src/k8s.io/metrics
-    name: release-1.14
-    go: 1.12.5
-    dependencies:
-      - repository: apimachinery
-        branch: release-1.14
-      - repository: api
-        branch: release-1.14
-      - repository: client-go
-        branch: release-11.0
-- destination: csi-api
-  library: true
-  branches:
-  - source:
-      branch: release-1.14
-      dir: staging/src/k8s.io/csi-api
-    name: release-1.14
-    go: 1.12.5
-    dependencies:
-      - repository: apimachinery
-        branch: release-1.14
-      - repository: api
-        branch: release-1.14
-      - repository: client-go
-        branch: release-11.0
-      - repository: apiextensions-apiserver
-        branch: release-1.14
-- destination: cli-runtime
-  library: true
-  branches:
-  - source:
-      branch: release-1.14
-      dir: staging/src/k8s.io/cli-runtime
-    name: release-1.14
-    go: 1.12.5
-    dependencies:
-      - repository: api
-        branch: release-1.14
-      - repository: apimachinery
-        branch: release-1.14
-      - repository: client-go
-        branch: release-11.0
-- destination: sample-cli-plugin
-  library: false
-  branches:
-  - source:
-      branch: release-1.14
-      dir: staging/src/k8s.io/sample-cli-plugin
-    name: release-1.14
-    go: 1.12.5
-    dependencies:
-      - repository: api
-        branch: release-1.14
-      - repository: apimachinery
-        branch: release-1.14
-      - repository: cli-runtime
-        branch: release-1.14
-      - repository: client-go
-        branch: release-11.0
-      - repository: component-base
-        branch: release-1.14
-- destination: kube-proxy
-  library: true
-  branches:
-  - source:
-      branch: release-1.14
-      dir: staging/src/k8s.io/kube-proxy
-    name: release-1.14
-    go: 1.12.5
-    dependencies:
-      - repository: apimachinery
-        branch: release-1.14
-      - repository: component-base
-        branch: release-1.14
-- destination: kubelet
-  library: true
-  branches:
-  - source:
-      branch: release-1.14
-      dir: staging/src/k8s.io/kubelet
-    name: release-1.14
-    go: 1.12.5
-    dependencies:
-      - repository: apimachinery
-        branch: release-1.14
-      - repository: api
-        branch: release-1.14
-      - repository: component-base
-        branch: release-1.14
-- destination: kube-scheduler
-  library: true
-  branches:
-  - source:
-      branch: release-1.14
-      dir: staging/src/k8s.io/kube-scheduler
-    name: release-1.14
-    go: 1.12.5
-    dependencies:
-      - repository: apimachinery
-        branch: release-1.14
-      - repository: apiserver
-        branch: release-1.14
-      - repository: component-base
-        branch: release-1.14
-- destination: kube-controller-manager
-  library: true
-  branches:
-  - source:
-      branch: release-1.14
-      dir: staging/src/k8s.io/kube-controller-manager
-    name: release-1.14
-    go: 1.12.5
-    dependencies:
-      - repository: apimachinery
-        branch: release-1.14
-      - repository: apiserver
-        branch: release-1.14
-      - repository: component-base
-        branch: release-1.14
-- destination: cluster-bootstrap
-  library: true
-  branches:
-  - source:
-      branch: release-1.14
-      dir: staging/src/k8s.io/cluster-bootstrap
-    name: release-1.14
-    go: 1.12.5
-    dependencies:
-      - repository: apimachinery
-        branch: release-1.14
-      - repository: api
-        branch: release-1.14
-- destination: cloud-provider
-  library: true
-  branches:
-  - source:
-      branch: release-1.14
-      dir: staging/src/k8s.io/cloud-provider
-    name: release-1.14
-    go: 1.12.5
-    dependencies:
-      - repository: api
-        branch: release-1.14
-      - repository: apimachinery
-        branch: release-1.14
-      - repository: apiserver
-        branch: release-1.14
-      - repository: client-go
-        branch: release-11.0
-- destination: node-api
-  library: true
-  branches:
-  - source:
-      branch: release-1.14
-      dir: staging/src/k8s.io/node-api
-    name: release-1.14
-    go: 1.12.5
-    dependencies:
-      - repository: api
-        branch: release-1.14
-      - repository: apimachinery
-        branch: release-1.14
-      - repository: client-go
-        branch: release-11.0
-- destination: csi-translation-lib
-  library: true
-  branches:
-  - source:
-      branch: release-1.14
-      dir: staging/src/k8s.io/csi-translation-lib
-    name: release-1.14
-    go: 1.12.5
-    dependencies:
-      - repository: api
-        branch: release-1.14
-      - repository: apimachinery
-        branch: release-1.14
-      - repository: cloud-provider
-        branch: release-1.14