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+#! /bin/bash
+
+# Builds a docker image that contains the deps for the current version of the
+# code. Image expects dev directory to be mounted in the container at runtime.
+
+source paths.sh
+
+BASE_TAG="alcionai/base-dev"
+
+buildImage() {
+  docker build \
+    -f Dockerfile \
+    -t "$BASE_TAG" \
+    --build-arg uid=$(id -u) \
+    --build-arg gid=$(id -g) \
+    .
+  docker run \
+    -v "$REPO_CODE":"$GOLANG_REPO_PATH" \
+    --name build-tmp \
+    -w "$GOLANG_REPO_PATH" \
+    -it \
+    "$BASE_TAG" go get
+  docker commit build-tmp "$DEV_TAG"
+  docker rm build-tmp
+}
+
+buildImage