diff --git a/.github/workflows/ghcr.yaml b/.github/workflows/ghcr.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 4e3d72d..0000000
--- a/.github/workflows/ghcr.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-name: Build and publish a Docker image to ghcr.io
-on:
-  push:
-    tags: [ "v*.*.*" ]
-  workflow_dispatch:
-
-env:
-  REGISTRY: ghcr.io
-  IMAGE_NAME: ${{ github.repository }}
-
-jobs:
-  build-and-push:
-    runs-on: "ubuntu-latest"
-
-    permissions:
-      contents: read
-      packages: write
-
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-      - name: Log in to the Container registry
-        uses: docker/login-action@v2
-        with:
-          registry: ${{ env.REGISTRY }}
-          username: ${{ github.actor }}
-          password: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-      - name: Extract metadata (tags, labels) for Docker
-        id: meta
-        uses: docker/metadata-action@v4
-        with:
-          images: ${{ env.REGISTRY }}/${{ env.IMAGE_NAME }}
-      - name: Build and push Docker image
-        uses: docker/build-push-action@v3
-        with:
-          context: .
-          push: true
-          tags: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.tags }}
-          labels: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.labels }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-drafter.yml b/.github/workflows/release-drafter.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ce90691
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-drafter.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+name-template: '$NEXT_MINOR_VERSION'
+tag-template: '$NEXT_MINOR_VERSION'
+version-template: '$COMPLETE'
+change-template: '- $TITLE (#$NUMBER)'
+change-title-escapes: '\<*_&#@`'
+template: |
+  # Release $NEXT_MINOR_VERSION
+
+  $CHANGES
+exclude-labels:
+  - 'kind/skip-release-notes'
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.github/workflows/workflows/check-manifest-generation-diff.yaml b/.github/workflows/workflows/check-manifest-generation-diff.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5077413
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/workflows/check-manifest-generation-diff.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+name: Check for diff after manifest and generated targets
+
+on:
+  pull_request: {}
+
+jobs:
+  check:
+    name: Check for diff
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+    - name: Checkout
+      uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      with:
+        fetch-depth: 0
+    - name: Make manifests && generate
+      run: |
+        make manifests && make generate
+    - name: Setup Go
+      uses: actions/setup-go@v3
+      with:
+        go-version-file: '${{ github.workspace }}/go.mod'
+    - name: Restore Go cache
+      uses: actions/cache@v3
+      with:
+        path: /home/runner/work/_temp/_github_home/go/pkg/mod
+        key: ${{ runner.os }}-go-${{ hashFiles('**/go.sum') }}
+        restore-keys: |
+          ${{ runner.os }}-go-
+    - name: go mod tidy
+      run: |
+        go mod tidy
+    - name: Check for diff
+      run: |
+        git diff --exit-code --shortstat
diff --git a/.github/workflows/workflows/e2e.yaml b/.github/workflows/workflows/e2e.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2f42d63
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/workflows/e2e.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+name: e2e
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    paths-ignore:
+      - 'CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md'
+      - 'README.md'
+      - 'Contributing.md'
+
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read # for actions/checkout to fetch code
+
+jobs:
+  kind-linux:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - name: Setup Go
+        uses: actions/setup-go@v3
+        with:
+          go-version-file: '${{ github.workspace }}/go.mod'
+      - name: Restore Go cache
+        uses: actions/cache@v3
+        with:
+          path: /home/runner/work/_temp/_github_home/go/pkg/mod
+          key: ${{ runner.os }}-go-${{ hashFiles('**/go.sum') }}
+          restore-keys: |
+            ${{ runner.os }}-go-
+      - name: Setup Kubernetes
+        uses: helm/kind-action@v1.5.0
+        with:
+          version: v0.17.0
+          cluster_name: ocm-e2e
+      - name: Setup Kustomize
+        uses: fluxcd/pkg/actions/kustomize@main
+      - name: Run E2E tests
+        run: make e2e
+        env:
+          KIND_CLUSTER_NAME: ocm-e2e
diff --git a/.github/workflows/workflows/release-drafter.yaml b/.github/workflows/workflows/release-drafter.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0f70ea4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/workflows/release-drafter.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+name: Release Drafter
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+  # The release-drafter action adds PR titles to the release notes once these are merged to main.
+  # A draft release is kept up-to-date listing the changes for the next minor release version.
+jobs:
+  update_release_draft:
+    permissions:
+      contents: write
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: release-drafter/release-drafter@v5
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.github/workflows/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/workflows/release.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..10ccdf0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+name: Release
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      release_candidate:
+        type: boolean
+        description: "Release Candidate"
+        required: false
+        default: false
+
+env:
+  REGISTRY: ghcr.io
+  DOCKERFILE: ${{ github.workspace }}/goreleaser.dockerfile
+
+jobs:
+  tests:
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/tests.yaml
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+      pull-requests: 'read'
+  release:
+    needs: tests
+    name: Trigger release build
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: 'write'
+      id-token: 'write'
+      pull-requests: 'read'
+      repository-projects: 'write'
+      packages: 'write'
+    steps:
+    - name: Checkout
+      uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      with:
+        fetch-depth: 0
+    - name: Setup Go
+      uses: actions/setup-go@v3
+      with:
+        go-version-file: '${{ github.workspace }}/go.mod'
+    - name: Cache go-build and mod
+      uses: actions/cache@v3
+      with:
+        path: |
+          ~/.cache/go-build/
+          ~/go/pkg/mod/
+        key: go-${{ hashFiles('go.sum') }}
+        restore-keys: |
+          go-
+    - name: Set release version
+      run: |
+        if ${{ inputs.release_candidate }}; then
+          echo "RELEASE_VERSION=$(go run $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/pkg/version/generate/release_generate.go print-rc-version)" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+        else
+          echo "RELEASE_VERSION=$(go run $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/pkg/version/generate/release_generate.go print-version)" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+        fi
+    - name: Set release notes file
+      run: |
+        echo "RELEASE_NOTES_FILE=docs/release_notes/$(go run $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/pkg/version/generate/release_generate.go print-version).md" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+    - name: Validate release notes
+      run: |
+        if [[ ! -f ${{ env.RELEASE_NOTES_FILE }} ]]; then
+          >&2 echo "Must have release notes ${{ env.RELEASE_NOTES_FILE }}"
+          exit 6
+        fi
+    - name: Create and push branch
+      env:
+        RELEASE_BRANCH: release-${{ env.RELEASE_VERSION }}
+      run: |
+        if ! git checkout ${RELEASE_BRANCH} >/dev/null; then
+            echo "Creating ${RELEASE_BRANCH} from $(git branch --show-current)"
+            git checkout -b ${RELEASE_BRANCH}
+            git push origin "$(git branch --show-current)"
+        else
+            git checkout ${RELEASE_BRANCH}
+            git pull --ff-only origin ${RELEASE_BRANCH}
+        fi
+    - name: Setup git config
+      run: |
+        git config user.name "GitHub Actions Bot"
+        git config user.email "<41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>"
+    - name: Create and push tag
+      run: |
+        msg="Release ${{ env.RELEASE_VERSION }}"
+        git tag --annotate --message "${msg}" ${{ env.RELEASE_VERSION }}
+        git push origin ${{ env.RELEASE_VERSION }}
+    - name: Log in to the Container registry
+      uses: docker/login-action@v2
+      with:
+        registry: ${{ env.REGISTRY }}
+        username: ${{ github.actor }}
+        password: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+    - name: Generate manifests
+      run: |
+        mkdir -p output
+        kustomize build ./config/default > ./output/install.yaml
+    - name: Run goreleaser
+      uses: goreleaser/goreleaser-action@v4
+      with:
+        distribution: goreleaser
+        version: latest
+        args: release --clean --timeout 60m --skip-validate --config=./.goreleaser.yaml --release-notes=${{ env.RELEASE_NOTES_FILE }}
+      env:
+        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        GORELEASER_CURRENT_TAG: ${{ env.RELEASE_VERSION }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/workflows/tests.yaml b/.github/workflows/workflows/tests.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f5c030b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/workflows/tests.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+name: tests
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    paths-ignore:
+      - 'CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md'
+      - 'README.md'
+      - 'Contributing.md'
+  workflow_call:
+
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read # for actions/checkout to fetch code
+
+jobs:
+  test-linux:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - name: Setup Go
+        uses: actions/setup-go@v3
+        with:
+          go-version-file: '${{ github.workspace }}/go.mod'
+      - name: Restore Go cache
+        uses: actions/cache@v3
+        with:
+          path: /home/runner/work/_temp/_github_home/go/pkg/mod
+          key: ${{ runner.os }}-go-${{ hashFiles('**/go.sum') }}
+          restore-keys: |
+            ${{ runner.os }}-go-
+      - name: Run tests
+        run: make test
diff --git a/controllers/gitsync_controller_test.go b/controllers/gitsync_controller_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b013ebc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/controllers/gitsync_controller_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+package controllers
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+	v1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
+	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types"
+	ctrl "sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime"
+
+	ocmv1 "github.com/open-component-model/ocm-controller/api/v1alpha1"
+
+	"github.com/open-component-model/git-sync-controller/api/v1alpha1"
+	"github.com/open-component-model/git-sync-controller/pkg"
+)
+
+func TestGitSyncReconciler(t *testing.T) {
+	cv := DefaultComponent.DeepCopy()
+	snapshot := DefaultSnapshot.DeepCopy()
+	secret := &v1.Secret{
+		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+			Name:      "auth-secret",
+			Namespace: "default",
+		},
+		Data: map[string][]byte{
+			"username": []byte("username"),
+			"password": []byte("password"),
+		},
+	}
+	gitSync := &v1alpha1.GitSync{
+		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+			Name:      "git-sync-test",
+			Namespace: "default",
+		},
+		Spec: v1alpha1.GitSyncSpec{
+			ComponentRef: v1alpha1.Ref{
+				Name:      cv.Name,
+				Namespace: cv.Namespace,
+			},
+			SnapshotRef: v1alpha1.Ref{
+				Name:      snapshot.Name,
+				Namespace: snapshot.Namespace,
+			},
+			AuthRef: v1alpha1.Ref{
+				Name:      secret.Name,
+				Namespace: secret.Namespace,
+			},
+			URL:    "https://github.com/Skarlso/test",
+			Branch: "main",
+			CommitTemplate: &v1alpha1.CommitTemplate{
+				Name:    "Skarlso",
+				Email:   "email@mail.com",
+				Message: "This is my message",
+			},
+			SubPath: "./subpath",
+			Prune:   true,
+		},
+	}
+
+	client := env.FakeKubeClient(WithObjets(gitSync, snapshot, cv, secret), WithAddToScheme(ocmv1.AddToScheme))
+	m := &mockGit{
+		digest: "test-digest",
+	}
+	gsr := GitSyncReconciler{
+		Client: client,
+		Scheme: env.scheme,
+		Git:    m,
+	}
+
+	_, err := gsr.Reconcile(context.Background(), ctrl.Request{
+		NamespacedName: types.NamespacedName{
+			Namespace: gitSync.Namespace,
+			Name:      gitSync.Name,
+		},
+	})
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	err = client.Get(context.Background(), types.NamespacedName{
+		Name:      gitSync.Name,
+		Namespace: gitSync.Namespace,
+	}, gitSync)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	assert.Equal(t, "test-digest", gitSync.Status.Digest)
+}
+
+type mockGit struct {
+	digest string
+	err    error
+}
+
+func (g *mockGit) Push(ctx context.Context, opts *pkg.PushOptions) (string, error) {
+	return g.digest, g.err
+}
diff --git a/controllers/suite_test.go b/controllers/suite_test.go
index dc21978..c109fdd 100644
--- a/controllers/suite_test.go
+++ b/controllers/suite_test.go
@@ -6,64 +6,102 @@
 package controllers
 
 import (
-	"path/filepath"
 	"testing"
+	"time"
 
-	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2"
-	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
-
-	"k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/scheme"
-	"k8s.io/client-go/rest"
+	ocmv1alpha1 "github.com/open-component-model/ocm-controller/api/v1alpha1"
+	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
+	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/client"
-	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/envtest"
-	logf "sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/log"
-	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/log/zap"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/client/fake"
 
-	deliveryv1alpha1 "github.com/open-component-model/git-sync-controller/api/v1alpha1"
-	//+kubebuilder:scaffold:imports
+	"github.com/open-component-model/git-sync-controller/api/v1alpha1"
 )
 
-// These tests use Ginkgo (BDD-style Go testing framework). Refer to
-// http://onsi.github.io/ginkgo/ to learn more about Ginkgo.
-
-var cfg *rest.Config
-var k8sClient client.Client
-var testEnv *envtest.Environment
-
-func TestAPIs(t *testing.T) {
-	RegisterFailHandler(Fail)
-
-	RunSpecs(t, "Controller Suite")
+type testEnv struct {
+	scheme *runtime.Scheme
+	obj    []client.Object
 }
 
-var _ = BeforeSuite(func() {
-	logf.SetLogger(zap.New(zap.WriteTo(GinkgoWriter), zap.UseDevMode(true)))
-
-	By("bootstrapping test environment")
-	testEnv = &envtest.Environment{
-		CRDDirectoryPaths:     []string{filepath.Join("..", "config", "crd", "bases")},
-		ErrorIfCRDPathMissing: true,
+// FakeKubeClientOption defines options to construct a fake kube client. There are some defaults involved.
+// Scheme gets corev1 and v1alpha1 schemes by default. Anything that is passed in will override current
+// defaults.
+type FakeKubeClientOption func(testEnv *testEnv)
+
+// WithAddToScheme adds the scheme
+func WithAddToScheme(addToScheme func(s *runtime.Scheme) error) FakeKubeClientOption {
+	return func(testEnv *testEnv) {
+		if err := addToScheme(testEnv.scheme); err != nil {
+			panic(err)
+		}
 	}
+}
 
-	var err error
-	// cfg is defined in this file globally.
-	cfg, err = testEnv.Start()
-	Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
-	Expect(cfg).NotTo(BeNil())
+// WithObjects provides an option to set objects for the fake client.
+func WithObjets(obj ...client.Object) FakeKubeClientOption {
+	return func(testEnv *testEnv) {
+		testEnv.obj = obj
+	}
+}
 
-	err = deliveryv1alpha1.AddToScheme(scheme.Scheme)
-	Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
+// FakeKubeClient creates a fake kube client with some defaults and optional arguments.
+func (t *testEnv) FakeKubeClient(opts ...FakeKubeClientOption) client.Client {
+	for _, o := range opts {
+		o(t)
+	}
+	return fake.NewClientBuilder().WithScheme(t.scheme).WithObjects(t.obj...).Build()
+}
 
-	//+kubebuilder:scaffold:scheme
+var (
+	DefaultComponent = &ocmv1alpha1.ComponentVersion{
+		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+			Name:      "test-component",
+			Namespace: "default",
+		},
+		Spec: ocmv1alpha1.ComponentVersionSpec{
+			Interval:  metav1.Duration{Duration: 10 * time.Minute},
+			Component: "github.com/open-component-model/test-component",
+			Version: ocmv1alpha1.Version{
+				Semver: "v0.0.1",
+			},
+			Repository: ocmv1alpha1.Repository{
+				URL: "github.com/open-component-model/test",
+			},
+			Verify: []ocmv1alpha1.Signature{},
+			References: ocmv1alpha1.ReferencesConfig{
+				Expand: true,
+			},
+		},
+	}
+	DefaultSnapshot = &ocmv1alpha1.Snapshot{
+		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+			Name:      "test-snapshot",
+			Namespace: "default",
+		},
+		Spec: ocmv1alpha1.SnapshotSpec{
+			Identity: ocmv1alpha1.Identity{
+				ocmv1alpha1.ComponentNameKey:    DefaultComponent.Name,
+				ocmv1alpha1.ComponentVersionKey: "v0.0.1",
+				ocmv1alpha1.ResourceNameKey:     "test-resource",
+				ocmv1alpha1.ResourceVersionKey:  "v0.0.1",
+			},
+			Digest: "test-digest",
+			Tag:    "v0.0.1",
+		},
+		Status: ocmv1alpha1.SnapshotStatus{},
+	}
+)
 
-	k8sClient, err = client.New(cfg, client.Options{Scheme: scheme.Scheme})
-	Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
-	Expect(k8sClient).NotTo(BeNil())
+var env *testEnv
 
-})
+func TestMain(m *testing.M) {
+	scheme := runtime.NewScheme()
+	_ = v1alpha1.AddToScheme(scheme)
+	_ = corev1.AddToScheme(scheme)
 
-var _ = AfterSuite(func() {
-	By("tearing down the test environment")
-	err := testEnv.Stop()
-	Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
-})
+	env = &testEnv{
+		scheme: scheme,
+	}
+	m.Run()
+}
diff --git a/docs/release_notes/v0.0.1.md b/docs/release_notes/v0.0.1.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8fa6967
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/release_notes/v0.0.1.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+# Initial Release
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index a54430d..f30c02c 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -3,13 +3,13 @@ module github.com/open-component-model/git-sync-controller
 go 1.20
 
 require (
+	github.com/Masterminds/semver/v3 v3.2.0
 	github.com/fluxcd/pkg/runtime v0.27.0
 	github.com/fluxcd/pkg/tar v0.2.0
 	github.com/go-git/go-git/v5 v5.6.0
 	github.com/go-logr/logr v1.2.3
-	github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.8.4
-	github.com/onsi/gomega v1.27.2
 	github.com/open-component-model/ocm-controller v0.4.0
+	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.1
 	k8s.io/api v0.26.2
 	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.26.2
 	k8s.io/client-go v0.26.2
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ require (
 require (
 	github.com/Azure/go-ansiterm v0.0.0-20210617225240-d185dfc1b5a1 // indirect
 	github.com/Masterminds/semver v1.5.0 // indirect
-	github.com/Masterminds/semver/v3 v3.2.0 // indirect
 	github.com/Microsoft/go-winio v0.6.0 // indirect
 	github.com/ProtonMail/go-crypto v0.0.0-20230217124315-7d5c6f04bbb8 // indirect
 	github.com/acomagu/bufpipe v1.0.4 // indirect
@@ -64,6 +63,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/docker/go-units v0.5.0 // indirect
 	github.com/emicklei/go-restful/v3 v3.10.1 // indirect
 	github.com/emirpasic/gods v1.18.1 // indirect
+	github.com/evanphx/json-patch v5.6.0+incompatible // indirect
 	github.com/evanphx/json-patch/v5 v5.6.0 // indirect
 	github.com/fluxcd/pkg/apis/meta v0.19.0 // indirect
 	github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.6.0 // indirect
@@ -75,7 +75,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/go-openapi/jsonpointer v0.19.6 // indirect
 	github.com/go-openapi/jsonreference v0.20.2 // indirect
 	github.com/go-openapi/swag v0.22.3 // indirect
-	github.com/go-task/slim-sprig v0.0.0-20210107165309-348f09dbbbc0 // indirect
 	github.com/gogo/protobuf v1.3.2 // indirect
 	github.com/golang/groupcache v0.0.0-20210331224755-41bb18bfe9da // indirect
 	github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.2 // indirect
@@ -85,7 +84,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/google/go-github/v45 v45.2.0 // indirect
 	github.com/google/go-querystring v1.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/google/gofuzz v1.2.0 // indirect
-	github.com/google/pprof v0.0.0-20210720184732-4bb14d4b1be1 // indirect
 	github.com/google/uuid v1.3.0 // indirect
 	github.com/gorilla/mux v1.8.0 // indirect
 	github.com/imdario/mergo v0.3.13 // indirect
@@ -115,6 +113,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/modern-go/reflect2 v1.0.2 // indirect
 	github.com/morikuni/aec v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/munnerz/goautoneg v0.0.0-20191010083416-a7dc8b61c822 // indirect
+	github.com/onsi/gomega v1.27.2 // indirect
 	github.com/open-component-model/ocm v0.2.0-rc.1 // indirect
 	github.com/open-component-model/ocm-controllers-sdk v0.0.6 // indirect
 	github.com/opencontainers/go-digest v1.0.0 // indirect
@@ -122,6 +121,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/pelletier/go-toml v1.9.5 // indirect
 	github.com/pjbgf/sha1cd v0.3.0 // indirect
 	github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1 // indirect
+	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.14.0 // indirect
 	github.com/prometheus/client_model v0.3.0 // indirect
 	github.com/prometheus/common v0.40.0 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 2fdefd3..a8333d9 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -464,6 +464,7 @@ github.com/evanphx/json-patch v0.5.2/go.mod h1:ZWS5hhDbVDyob71nXKNL0+PWn6ToqBHMi
 github.com/evanphx/json-patch v4.9.0+incompatible/go.mod h1:50XU6AFN0ol/bzJsmQLiYLvXMP4fmwYFNcr97nuDLSk=
 github.com/evanphx/json-patch v4.11.0+incompatible/go.mod h1:50XU6AFN0ol/bzJsmQLiYLvXMP4fmwYFNcr97nuDLSk=
 github.com/evanphx/json-patch v5.6.0+incompatible h1:jBYDEEiFBPxA0v50tFdvOzQQTCvpL6mnFh5mB2/l16U=
+github.com/evanphx/json-patch v5.6.0+incompatible/go.mod h1:50XU6AFN0ol/bzJsmQLiYLvXMP4fmwYFNcr97nuDLSk=
 github.com/evanphx/json-patch/v5 v5.6.0 h1:b91NhWfaz02IuVxO9faSllyAtNXHMPkC5J8sJCLunww=
 github.com/evanphx/json-patch/v5 v5.6.0/go.mod h1:G79N1coSVB93tBe7j6PhzjmR3/2VvlbKOFpnXhI9Bw4=
 github.com/fatih/color v1.7.0/go.mod h1:Zm6kSWBoL9eyXnKyktHP6abPY2pDugNf5KwzbycvMj4=
@@ -652,7 +653,6 @@ github.com/google/pprof v0.0.0-20201203190320-1bf35d6f28c2/go.mod h1:kpwsk12EmLe
 github.com/google/pprof v0.0.0-20210122040257-d980be63207e/go.mod h1:kpwsk12EmLew5upagYY7GY0pfYCcupk39gWOCRROcvE=
 github.com/google/pprof v0.0.0-20210226084205-cbba55b83ad5/go.mod h1:kpwsk12EmLew5upagYY7GY0pfYCcupk39gWOCRROcvE=
 github.com/google/pprof v0.0.0-20210720184732-4bb14d4b1be1 h1:K6RDEckDVWvDI9JAJYCmNdQXq6neHJOYx3V6jnqNEec=
-github.com/google/pprof v0.0.0-20210720184732-4bb14d4b1be1/go.mod h1:kpwsk12EmLew5upagYY7GY0pfYCcupk39gWOCRROcvE=
 github.com/google/renameio v0.1.0/go.mod h1:KWCgfxg9yswjAJkECMjeO8J8rahYeXnNhOm40UhjYkI=
 github.com/google/uuid v1.0.0/go.mod h1:TIyPZe4MgqvfeYDBFedMoGGpEw/LqOeaOT+nhxU+yHo=
 github.com/google/uuid v1.1.1/go.mod h1:TIyPZe4MgqvfeYDBFedMoGGpEw/LqOeaOT+nhxU+yHo=
@@ -909,7 +909,6 @@ github.com/onsi/ginkgo v1.14.0/go.mod h1:iSB4RoI2tjJc9BBv4NKIKWKya62Rps+oPG/Lv9k
 github.com/onsi/ginkgo v1.16.4/go.mod h1:dX+/inL/fNMqNlz0e9LfyB9TswhZpCVdJM/Z6Vvnwo0=
 github.com/onsi/ginkgo v1.16.5 h1:8xi0RTUf59SOSfEtZMvwTvXYMzG4gV23XVHOZiXNtnE=
 github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.8.4 h1:gf5mIQ8cLFieruNLAdgijHF1PYfLphKm2dxxcUtcqK0=
-github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.8.4/go.mod h1:427dEDQZkDKsBvCjc2A/ZPefhKxsTTrsQegMlayL730=
 github.com/onsi/gomega v0.0.0-20151007035656-2152b45fa28a/go.mod h1:C1qb7wdrVGGVU+Z6iS04AVkA3Q65CEZX59MT0QO5uiA=
 github.com/onsi/gomega v0.0.0-20170829124025-dcabb60a477c/go.mod h1:C1qb7wdrVGGVU+Z6iS04AVkA3Q65CEZX59MT0QO5uiA=
 github.com/onsi/gomega v1.5.0/go.mod h1:ex+gbHU/CVuBBDIJjb2X0qEXbFg53c61hWP/1CpauHY=
diff --git a/pkg/providers/gogit/git.go b/pkg/providers/gogit/git.go
index b61efc3..b693114 100644
--- a/pkg/providers/gogit/git.go
+++ b/pkg/providers/gogit/git.go
@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@ import (
 	"github.com/go-git/go-git/v5/plumbing/transport/http"
 	"github.com/go-git/go-git/v5/plumbing/transport/ssh"
 	"github.com/go-logr/logr"
-	"github.com/open-component-model/ocm-controller/pkg/ocm"
 
 	"github.com/open-component-model/ocm-controller/pkg/cache"
+	"github.com/open-component-model/ocm-controller/pkg/ocm"
 
 	"github.com/open-component-model/git-sync-controller/pkg"
 )
diff --git a/pkg/version/generate/release_generate.go b/pkg/version/generate/release_generate.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6a0ce17
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/version/generate/release_generate.go
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company and Open Component Model contributors.
+//
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+package main
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"log"
+	"os"
+
+	"github.com/Masterminds/semver/v3"
+	"github.com/open-component-model/ocm-controller/pkg/version"
+)
+
+func main() {
+	if len(os.Args) <= 1 {
+		log.Fatal("missing argument")
+	}
+
+	_ = semver.MustParse(version.ReleaseVersion)
+
+	cmd := os.Args[1]
+
+	switch cmd {
+	case "print-version":
+		fmt.Print(version.ReleaseVersion)
+	case "print-rc-version":
+		fmt.Printf("%s-%s", version.ReleaseVersion, version.ReleaseCandidate)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/pkg/version/release.go b/pkg/version/release.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..450ae71
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/version/release.go
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company and Open Component Model contributors.
+//
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+package version
+
+// ReleaseVersion is the version number in semver format "vX.Y.Z", prefixed with "v".
+var ReleaseVersion = "v0.0.1"
+
+// ReleaseCandidate is the release candidate ID in format "rc.X", which will be appended to the release version.
+var ReleaseCandidate = "rc.1"