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/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 ...