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+presubmits:
+  kubernetes/kubernetes:
+  - name: check-dependency-stats
+    decorate: true
+    always_run: false
+    optional: true
+    spec:
+      containers:
+      - image: golang
+        command:
+        - /bin/bash
+        args:
+        - -c
+        - |
+          set -euo; \
+          mkdir -p "${ARTIFACTS}"; \
+          pushd "$ARTIFACTS"; \
+          go install github.com/kubernetes-sigs/depstat@latest; \
+          popd; \
+          cd /go/src/k8s.io/kubernetes; \
+          depstat stats --json > "${ARTIFACTS}/stats.json"; \
+          git checkout -b base "${PULL_BASE_SHA}"; \
+          depstat stats --json > "${ARTIFACTS}/stats-base.json"; \
+          diff -s --ignore-all-space "${ARTIFACTS}"/stats-base.json "${ARTIFACTS}"/stats.json || true;
+    annotations:
+      testgrid-create-test-group: "true"
+      testgrid-dashboards: sig-testing-misc
+      description: Generates dependency statistics by running depstat for base and current PR