Baseline: a37f02683bd75e77bb83f17bfaa0ac1629f279a6

Cherry picks:

   + b66e78bad319b5107a5d1be67343a5705360e87a:
     Fix release script for rolling releases

Important changes:

  - Fixes an error when using `strip_components` with archives
    containing symbolic//hard links.

This release contains contributions from many people at Google, as well as Fabian Meumertzheim, Jordan Mele, Kapunahele Wong, Keith Smiley, Will Stranton, Yossi Eliaz.