diff --git a/core/Makefile b/core/Makefile
index 2244453..8f460b4 100644
--- a/core/Makefile
+++ b/core/Makefile
@@ -976,11 +976,14 @@
 
 INTERNAL_INIT_BOOT_IMAGE_ARGS :=
 
-ifneq ($(BOARD_BUILD_SYSTEM_ROOT_IMAGE),true)
-  ifneq ($(BUILDING_INIT_BOOT_IMAGE),true)
-    INTERNAL_BOOTIMAGE_ARGS += --ramdisk $(INSTALLED_RAMDISK_TARGET)
-  else
-    INTERNAL_INIT_BOOT_IMAGE_ARGS += --ramdisk $(INSTALLED_RAMDISK_TARGET)
+# TODO(b/229701033): clean up BOARD_BUILD_GKI_BOOT_IMAGE_WITHOUT_RAMDISK.
+ifneq ($(BOARD_BUILD_GKI_BOOT_IMAGE_WITHOUT_RAMDISK),true)
+  ifneq ($(BOARD_BUILD_SYSTEM_ROOT_IMAGE),true)
+    ifneq ($(BUILDING_INIT_BOOT_IMAGE),true)
+      INTERNAL_BOOTIMAGE_ARGS += --ramdisk $(INSTALLED_RAMDISK_TARGET)
+    else
+      INTERNAL_INIT_BOOT_IMAGE_ARGS += --ramdisk $(INSTALLED_RAMDISK_TARGET)
+    endif
   endif
 endif
 
@@ -2009,6 +2012,8 @@
     $(hide) echo "recovery_as_boot=true" >> $(1))
 $(if $(filter true,$(BOARD_BUILD_SYSTEM_ROOT_IMAGE)),\
     $(hide) echo "system_root_image=true" >> $(1))
+$(if $(filter true,$(BOARD_BUILD_GKI_BOOT_IMAGE_WITHOUT_RAMDISK)),\
+    $(hide) echo "gki_boot_image_without_ramdisk=true" >> $(1))
 $(hide) echo "root_dir=$(TARGET_ROOT_OUT)" >> $(1)
 $(if $(filter true,$(PRODUCT_USE_DYNAMIC_PARTITION_SIZE)),\
     $(hide) echo "use_dynamic_partition_size=true" >> $(1))
diff --git a/core/base_rules.mk b/core/base_rules.mk
index e6b8f20..7ea9b52 100644
--- a/core/base_rules.mk
+++ b/core/base_rules.mk
@@ -590,10 +590,18 @@
       my_init_rc := $(foreach rc,$(LOCAL_INIT_RC_$(my_32_64_bit_suffix)) $(LOCAL_INIT_RC),$(LOCAL_PATH)/$(rc))
     endif
     ifneq ($(strip $(my_init_rc)),)
-      # Make doesn't support recovery as an output partition, but some Soong modules installed in recovery
-      # have init.rc files that need to be installed alongside them. Manually handle the case where the
-      # output file is in the recovery partition.
-      my_init_rc_path := $(if $(filter $(TARGET_RECOVERY_ROOT_OUT)/%,$(my_module_path)),$(TARGET_RECOVERY_ROOT_OUT)/system/etc,$(TARGET_OUT$(partition_tag)_ETC))
+      # Make doesn't support recovery or ramdisk as an output partition,
+      # but some Soong modules installed in recovery or ramdisk
+      # have init.rc files that need to be installed alongside them.
+      # Manually handle the case where the
+      # output file is in the recovery or ramdisk partition.
+      ifneq (,$(filter $(TARGET_RECOVERY_ROOT_OUT)/%,$(my_module_path)))
+        my_init_rc_path := $(TARGET_RECOVERY_ROOT_OUT)/system/etc
+      else ifneq (,$(filter $(TARGET_RAMDISK_OUT)/%,$(my_module_path)))
+        my_init_rc_path := $(TARGET_RAMDISK_OUT)/system/etc
+      else
+        my_init_rc_path := $(TARGET_OUT$(partition_tag)_ETC)
+      endif
       my_init_rc_pairs := $(foreach rc,$(my_init_rc),$(rc):$(my_init_rc_path)/init/$(notdir $(rc)))
       my_init_rc_installed := $(foreach rc,$(my_init_rc_pairs),$(call word-colon,2,$(rc)))
 
@@ -713,6 +721,7 @@
 endif
 ifdef LOCAL_MULTILIB
   multi_arch := true
+# These conditionals allow this functionality to be mimicked in Soong
 else ifeq ($(LOCAL_MODULE_MAKEFILE),$(SOONG_ANDROID_MK))
   ifeq ($(LOCAL_MODULE_CLASS),SHARED_LIBRARIES)
     multi_arch := true
diff --git a/core/config.mk b/core/config.mk
index 7af600f..e9dedfd 100644
--- a/core/config.mk
+++ b/core/config.mk
@@ -427,21 +427,6 @@
 $(hide) $(HOST_NM) -gP $(1) | cut -f1-2 -d" " | (grep -v U$$ >> $(2) || true)
 endef
 
-GOMA_POOL :=
-RBE_POOL :=
-GOMA_OR_RBE_POOL :=
-# When goma or RBE are enabled, kati will be passed --default_pool=local_pool to put
-# most rules into the local pool.  Explicitly set the pool to "none" for rules that
-# should be run outside the local pool, i.e. with -j500.
-ifneq (,$(filter-out false,$(USE_GOMA)))
-  GOMA_POOL := none
-  GOMA_OR_RBE_POOL := none
-else ifneq (,$(filter-out false,$(USE_RBE)))
-  RBE_POOL := none
-  GOMA_OR_RBE_POOL := none
-endif
-.KATI_READONLY := GOMA_POOL RBE_POOL GOMA_OR_RBE_POOL
-
 ifeq ($(CALLED_FROM_SETUP),true)
 include $(BUILD_SYSTEM)/ccache.mk
 include $(BUILD_SYSTEM)/goma.mk
@@ -1233,6 +1218,39 @@
     $(filter $(ANDROID_WARNING_ALLOWED_PROJECTS),$(1)/)
 endef
 
+GOMA_POOL :=
+RBE_POOL :=
+GOMA_OR_RBE_POOL :=
+# When goma or RBE are enabled, kati will be passed --default_pool=local_pool to put
+# most rules into the local pool.  Explicitly set the pool to "none" for rules that
+# should be run outside the local pool, i.e. with -j500.
+ifneq (,$(filter-out false,$(USE_GOMA)))
+  GOMA_POOL := none
+  GOMA_OR_RBE_POOL := none
+else ifneq (,$(filter-out false,$(USE_RBE)))
+  RBE_POOL := none
+  GOMA_OR_RBE_POOL := none
+endif
+.KATI_READONLY := GOMA_POOL RBE_POOL GOMA_OR_RBE_POOL
+
+JAVAC_NINJA_POOL :=
+R8_NINJA_POOL :=
+D8_NINJA_POOL :=
+
+ifneq ($(filter-out false,$(USE_RBE)),)
+  ifdef RBE_JAVAC
+    JAVAC_NINJA_POOL := $(RBE_POOL)
+  endif
+  ifdef RBE_R8
+    R8_NINJA_POOL := $(RBE_POOL)
+  endif
+  ifdef RBE_D8
+    D8_NINJA_POOL := $(RBE_POOL)
+  endif
+endif
+
+.KATI_READONLY := JAVAC_NINJA_POOL R8_NINJA_POOL D8_NINJA_POOL
+
 # These goals don't need to collect and include Android.mks/CleanSpec.mks
 # in the source tree.
 dont_bother_goals := out product-graph
diff --git a/core/product_config.rbc b/core/product_config.rbc
index 917475a..0189323 100644
--- a/core/product_config.rbc
+++ b/core/product_config.rbc
@@ -104,6 +104,11 @@
     seen = {item: 0 for item in value_list}
     return sorted(seen.keys()) if _options.rearrange == "sort" else seen.keys()
 
+def __sort_pcm_names(pcm_names):
+    # We have to add an extension back onto the pcm names when sorting,
+    # or else the sort order could be wrong when one is a prefix of another.
+    return [x[:-3] for x in sorted([y + ".mk" for y in pcm_names], reverse=True)]
+
 def _product_configuration(top_pcm_name, top_pcm, input_variables_init):
     """Creates configuration."""
 
@@ -167,7 +172,7 @@
         # so children.keys() will be ordered by the inherit() calls
         configs[name] = (pcm, handle.cfg, children.keys(), False)
 
-        for child_name in sorted(children, reverse = True):
+        for child_name in __sort_pcm_names(children.keys()):
             if child_name not in configs:
                 configs[child_name] = (children[child_name], None, [], False)
             pcm_stack.append(child_name)
@@ -202,7 +207,7 @@
         pcm_name, before = pcm_stack.pop()
         if before:
             pcm_stack.append((pcm_name, False))
-            for child in sorted(configs[pcm_name][2], reverse = True):
+            for child in __sort_pcm_names(configs[pcm_name][2]):
                 pcm_stack.append((child, True))
         else:
             configs_postfix.append(pcm_name)
@@ -400,10 +405,26 @@
     """Gets to the value of the variable in the namespace."""
     return g.get(_soong_config_namespaces_key, {}).get(nsname, {}).get(var, None)
 
-
-def _abspath(path):
+def _abspath(paths):
     """Provided for compatibility, to be removed later."""
-    return path
+    cwd = rblf_shell('pwd')
+    results = []
+    for path in __words(paths):
+        if path[0] != "/":
+            path = cwd + "/" + path
+
+        resultparts = []
+        for part in path.split('/'):
+            if part == "." or part == "":
+                continue
+            elif part == "..":
+                if resultparts:
+                    resultparts.pop()
+            else:
+                resultparts.append(part)
+        results.append("/" + "/".join(resultparts))
+
+    return " ".join(results)
 
 
 def _addprefix(prefix, string_or_list):
diff --git a/core/rbe.mk b/core/rbe.mk
index e399ec1..370d4bd 100644
--- a/core/rbe.mk
+++ b/core/rbe.mk
@@ -14,10 +14,6 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 #
 
-JAVAC_NINJA_POOL :=
-R8_NINJA_POOL :=
-D8_NINJA_POOL :=
-
 # Notice: this works only with Google's RBE service.
 ifneq ($(filter-out false,$(USE_RBE)),)
   ifdef RBE_DIR
@@ -88,20 +84,16 @@
 
   ifdef RBE_JAVAC
     JAVAC_WRAPPER := $(strip $(JAVAC_WRAPPER) $(RBE_WRAPPER) --labels=type=compile,lang=java,compiler=javac --exec_strategy=$(javac_exec_strategy) --platform=$(java_r8_d8_platform))
-    JAVAC_NINJA_POOL := $(RBE_POOL)
   endif
 
   ifdef RBE_R8
     R8_WRAPPER := $(strip $(RBE_WRAPPER) --labels=type=compile,compiler=r8 --exec_strategy=$(r8_exec_strategy) --platform=$(java_r8_d8_platform) --inputs=out/soong/host/linux-x86/framework/r8-compat-proguard.jar,build/make/core/proguard_basic_keeps.flags --toolchain_inputs=prebuilts/jdk/jdk11/linux-x86/bin/java)
-    R8_NINJA_POOL := $(RBE_POOL)
   endif
 
   ifdef RBE_D8
     D8_WRAPPER := $(strip $(RBE_WRAPPER) --labels=type=compile,compiler=d8 --exec_strategy=$(d8_exec_strategy) --platform=$(java_r8_d8_platform) --inputs=out/soong/host/linux-x86/framework/d8.jar --toolchain_inputs=prebuilts/jdk/jdk11/linux-x86/bin/java)
-    D8_NINJA_POOL := $(RBE_POOL)
   endif
 
   rbe_dir :=
 endif
 
-.KATI_READONLY := JAVAC_NINJA_POOL R8_NINJA_POOL D8_NINJA_POOL
diff --git a/finalize_branch_for_release.sh b/finalize_branch_for_release.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..d498beb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/finalize_branch_for_release.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -e
+
+source ../envsetup.sh
+
+# default target to modify tree and build SDK
+lunch aosp_arm64-userdebug
+
+set -x
+
+# This script is WIP and only finalizes part of the Android branch for release.
+# The full process can be found at (INTERNAL) go/android-sdk-finalization.
+
+# VNDK snapshot (TODO)
+# SDK snapshots (TODO)
+# Update references in the codebase to new API version (TODO)
+# ...
+
+AIDL_TRANSITIVE_FREEZE=true m aidl-freeze-api
+
+# TODO(b/229413853): test while simulating 'rel' for more requirements AIDL_FROZEN_REL=true
+m # test build
+
+# Build SDK (TODO)
+# lunch sdk...
+# m ...
diff --git a/target/board/BoardConfigGsiCommon.mk b/target/board/BoardConfigGsiCommon.mk
index 45cd515..53714a8 100644
--- a/target/board/BoardConfigGsiCommon.mk
+++ b/target/board/BoardConfigGsiCommon.mk
@@ -38,6 +38,12 @@
 #   updating the last seen rollback index in the tamper-evident storage.
 BOARD_AVB_ROLLBACK_INDEX := 0
 
+# The chained vbmeta settings for boot images.
+BOARD_AVB_BOOT_KEY_PATH := external/avb/test/data/testkey_rsa4096.pem
+BOARD_AVB_BOOT_ALGORITHM := SHA256_RSA4096
+BOARD_AVB_BOOT_ROLLBACK_INDEX := $(PLATFORM_SECURITY_PATCH_TIMESTAMP)
+BOARD_AVB_BOOT_ROLLBACK_INDEX_LOCATION := 2
+
 # Enable AVB chained partition for system.
 # https://android.googlesource.com/platform/external/avb/+/master/README.md
 BOARD_AVB_SYSTEM_KEY_PATH := external/avb/test/data/testkey_rsa2048.pem
diff --git a/tests/prefixed_sort_order/base-secondary.rbc b/tests/prefixed_sort_order/base-secondary.rbc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5446e8f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/prefixed_sort_order/base-secondary.rbc
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+# Copyright 2022 Google LLC
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+load("//build/make/core:product_config.rbc", "rblf")
+
+def init(g, handle):
+  cfg = rblf.cfg(handle)
+
+  g.setdefault("MY_VAR", [])
+  g["MY_VAR"] += ["foo"]
diff --git a/tests/prefixed_sort_order/base.rbc b/tests/prefixed_sort_order/base.rbc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..05b0d5d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/prefixed_sort_order/base.rbc
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+# Copyright 2022 Google LLC
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+load("//build/make/core:product_config.rbc", "rblf")
+
+def init(g, handle):
+  cfg = rblf.cfg(handle)
+
+  g.setdefault("MY_VAR", [])
+  g["MY_VAR"] += ["bar"]
diff --git a/tests/prefixed_sort_order/product.rbc b/tests/prefixed_sort_order/product.rbc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..619b2c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/prefixed_sort_order/product.rbc
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+# Copyright 2022 Google LLC
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+load("//build/make/core:product_config.rbc", "rblf")
+load(":base.rbc", _base_init = "init")
+load(":base-secondary.rbc", _base_secondary_init = "init")
+
+def init(g, handle):
+  cfg = rblf.cfg(handle)
+
+  # It's important that base-secondary uses a dash, an underscore won't expose the sort order issue:
+  # >>> sorted(["base", "base-secondary"])
+  # ['base', 'base-secondary']
+  # >>> sorted(["base.mk", "base-secondary.mk"])
+  # ['base-secondary.mk', 'base.mk']
+
+  rblf.inherit(handle, "base", _base_init)
+  rblf.inherit(handle, "base-secondary", _base_secondary_init)
diff --git a/tests/prefixed_sort_order/test.rbc b/tests/prefixed_sort_order/test.rbc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e59a509
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/prefixed_sort_order/test.rbc
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+# Copyright 2022 Google LLC
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+load("//build/make/core:product_config.rbc", "rblf")
+load("//build/make/tests/input_variables.rbc", input_variables_init = "init")
+load(":product.rbc", "init")
+
+
+def assert_eq(expected, actual):
+    if expected != actual:
+        fail("Expected '%s', got '%s'" % (expected, actual))
+
+def test():
+    (globals, globals_base) = rblf.product_configuration("test/device", init, input_variables_init)
+    assert_eq(["foo", "bar"], globals["MY_VAR"])
diff --git a/tests/run.rbc b/tests/run.rbc
index 56ba394..2d35e85 100644
--- a/tests/run.rbc
+++ b/tests/run.rbc
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 load(":board_input_vars.rbc", board_input_vars_init = "init")
 load("//build/make/tests/single_value_inheritance:test.rbc", test_single_value_inheritance = "test")
 load("//build/make/tests/artifact_path_requirements:test.rbc", test_artifact_path_requirements = "test")
+load("//build/make/tests/prefixed_sort_order:test.rbc", test_prefixed_sort_order = "test")
 
 def assert_eq(expected, actual):
     if expected != actual:
@@ -72,6 +73,14 @@
 assert_eq("", rblf.notdir("/"))
 assert_eq("", rblf.notdir(""))
 
+cwd = rblf_shell('pwd')
+assert_eq(cwd+"/foo/bar", rblf.abspath("foo/bar"))
+assert_eq(cwd+"/bar", rblf.abspath("foo/.././bar"))
+assert_eq(cwd+"/bar", rblf.abspath("foo/..////bar//"))
+assert_eq("/foo/baz", rblf.abspath("/foo/bar/../baz"))
+assert_eq(cwd+"/foo/bar "+cwd+"/foo/baz", rblf.abspath("foo/bar foo/baz"))
+assert_eq("/baz", rblf.abspath("/../../../../../../../../../../../../../../../../baz"))
+
 assert_eq(
     ["build/make/tests/board.rbc", "build/make/tests/board_input_vars.rbc"],
     rblf.expand_wildcard("build/make/tests/board*.rbc")
@@ -142,3 +151,4 @@
 
 test_single_value_inheritance()
 test_artifact_path_requirements()
+test_prefixed_sort_order()
diff --git a/tools/releasetools/common.py b/tools/releasetools/common.py
index bd3af68..4816a23 100644
--- a/tools/releasetools/common.py
+++ b/tools/releasetools/common.py
@@ -1782,6 +1782,9 @@
   if info_dict.get("recovery_as_boot") == "true":
     return True  # the recovery-as-boot boot.img has a RECOVERY ramdisk.
 
+  if info_dict.get("gki_boot_image_without_ramdisk") == "true":
+    return False  # A GKI boot.img has no ramdisk since Android-13.
+
   if info_dict.get("system_root_image") == "true":
     # The ramdisk content is merged into the system.img, so there is NO
     # ramdisk in the boot.img or boot-<kernel version>.img.