diff --git a/.commonfiles.sha b/.commonfiles.sha
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e05a27c1281
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.commonfiles.sha
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+5747f694803650e785957bd4e716604b6c8310aa
diff --git a/.golangci.yml b/.golangci.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1cd3e071a59
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.golangci.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,188 @@
+# The original version of this file is located in the https://github.com/istio/common-files repo.
+# If you're looking at this file in a different repo and want to make a change, please go to the
+# common-files repo, make the change there and check it in. Then come back to this repo and run the
+# scripts/updatecommonfiles.sh script.
+
+service:
+  # When updating this, also update bin/linters.sh accordingly
+  golangci-lint-version: 1.16.x # use the fixed version to not introduce new linters unexpectedly
+run:
+  # timeout for analysis, e.g. 30s, 5m, default is 1m
+  deadline: 20m
+
+  # which dirs to skip: they won't be analyzed;
+  # can use regexp here: generated.*, regexp is applied on full path;
+  # default value is empty list, but next dirs are always skipped independently
+  # from this option's value:
+  #   	vendor$, third_party$, testdata$, examples$, Godeps$, builtin$
+  skip-dirs:
+    - genfiles$
+    - vendor$
+
+  # which files to skip: they will be analyzed, but issues from them
+  # won't be reported. Default value is empty list, but there is
+  # no need to include all autogenerated files, we confidently recognize
+  # autogenerated files. If it's not please let us know.
+  skip-files:
+    - ".*\\.pb\\.go"
+    - ".*\\.gen\\.go"
+
+linters:
+  enable-all: true
+  disable:
+    - depguard
+    - dupl
+    - gochecknoglobals
+    - gochecknoinits
+    - goconst
+    - gocyclo
+    - gosec
+    - nakedret
+    - prealloc
+    - scopelint
+  fast: false
+
+linters-settings:
+  errcheck:
+    # report about not checking of errors in type assetions: `a := b.(MyStruct)`;
+    # default is false: such cases aren't reported by default.
+    check-type-assertions: false
+
+    # report about assignment of errors to blank identifier: `num, _ := strconv.Atoi(numStr)`;
+    # default is false: such cases aren't reported by default.
+    check-blank: false
+  govet:
+    # report about shadowed variables
+    check-shadowing: false
+  golint:
+    # minimal confidence for issues, default is 0.8
+    min-confidence: 0.0
+  gofmt:
+    # simplify code: gofmt with `-s` option, true by default
+    simplify: true
+  goimports:
+    # put imports beginning with prefix after 3rd-party packages;
+    # it's a comma-separated list of prefixes
+    local-prefixes: istio.io/
+  maligned:
+    # print struct with more effective memory layout or not, false by default
+    suggest-new: true
+  misspell:
+    # Correct spellings using locale preferences for US or UK.
+    # Default is to use a neutral variety of English.
+    # Setting locale to US will correct the British spelling of 'colour' to 'color'.
+    locale: US
+  lll:
+    # max line length, lines longer will be reported. Default is 120.
+    # '\t' is counted as 1 character by default, and can be changed with the tab-width option
+    line-length: 160
+    # tab width in spaces. Default to 1.
+    tab-width: 1
+  unused:
+    # treat code as a program (not a library) and report unused exported identifiers; default is false.
+    # XXX: if you enable this setting, unused will report a lot of false-positives in text editors:
+    # if it's called for subdir of a project it can't find funcs usages. All text editor integrations
+    # with golangci-lint call it on a directory with the changed file.
+    check-exported: false
+  unparam:
+    # call graph construction algorithm (cha, rta). In general, use cha for libraries,
+    # and rta for programs with main packages. Default is cha.
+    algo: cha
+
+    # Inspect exported functions, default is false. Set to true if no external program/library imports your code.
+    # XXX: if you enable this setting, unparam will report a lot of false-positives in text editors:
+    # if it's called for subdir of a project it can't find external interfaces. All text editor integrations
+    # with golangci-lint call it on a directory with the changed file.
+    check-exported: false
+  gocritic:
+    enabled-checks:
+      - appendCombine
+      - argOrder
+      - assignOp
+      - badCond
+      - boolExprSimplify
+      - builtinShadow
+      - captLocal
+      - caseOrder
+      - codegenComment
+      - commentedOutCode
+      - commentedOutImport
+      - defaultCaseOrder
+      - deprecatedComment
+      - docStub
+      - dupArg
+      - dupBranchBody
+      - dupCase
+      - dupSubExpr
+      - elseif
+      - emptyFallthrough
+      - equalFold
+      - flagDeref
+      - flagName
+      - hexLiteral
+      - indexAlloc
+      - initClause
+      - methodExprCall
+      - nilValReturn
+      - octalLiteral
+      - offBy1
+      - rangeExprCopy
+      - regexpMust
+      - sloppyLen
+      - stringXbytes
+      - switchTrue
+      - typeAssertChain
+      - typeSwitchVar
+      - typeUnparen
+      - underef
+      - unlambda
+      - unnecessaryBlock
+      - unslice
+      - valSwap
+      - weakCond
+      - yodaStyleExpr
+
+      # Unused
+      # - appendAssign
+      # - commentFormatting
+      # - emptyStringTest
+      # - exitAfterDefer
+      # - ifElseChain
+      # - hugeParam
+      # - importShadow
+      # - nestingReduce
+      # - paramTypeCombine
+      # - ptrToRefParam
+      # - rangeValCopy
+      # - singleCaseSwitch
+      # - sloppyReassign
+      # - unlabelStmt
+      # - unnamedResult
+      # - wrapperFunc
+
+issues:
+  # List of regexps of issue texts to exclude, empty list by default.
+  # But independently from this option we use default exclude patterns,
+  # it can be disabled by `exclude-use-default: false`. To list all
+  # excluded by default patterns execute `golangci-lint run --help`
+  exclude:
+    - composite literal uses unkeyed fields
+
+  exclude-rules:
+    # Exclude some linters from running on test files.
+    - path: _test\.go$|^tests/|^samples/
+      linters:
+        - errcheck
+        - maligned
+
+  # Independently from option `exclude` we use default exclude patterns,
+  # it can be disabled by this option. To list all
+  # excluded by default patterns execute `golangci-lint run --help`.
+  # Default value for this option is true.
+  exclude-use-default: true
+
+  # Maximum issues count per one linter. Set to 0 to disable. Default is 50.
+  max-per-linter: 0
+
+  # Maximum count of issues with the same text. Set to 0 to disable. Default is 3.
+  max-same-issues: 0
diff --git a/BUGS-AND-FEATURE-REQUESTS.md b/BUGS-AND-FEATURE-REQUESTS.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a0366030bac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/BUGS-AND-FEATURE-REQUESTS.md
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# Bugs and Feature Requests
+
+You can report bugs and feature requests to the Istio team in one of three places:
+
+- [Product Bugs and Feature Requests](https://github.com/istio/istio/issues)
+- [Documentation Bugs and Feature Requests](https://github.com/istio/istio.io/issues)
+- [Community and Governance Issues](https://github.com/istio/community/issues)
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 17cc87489fb..7b55cf47ab4 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Contribution guidelines
 
-So, you want to hack on the Istio proxy? Yay! Please refer to Istio's overall
+So you want to hack on Istio? Yay! Please refer to Istio's overall
 [contribution guidelines](https://github.com/istio/community/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md)
 to find out how you can help.
diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
index 2c45691e883..e51498512b7 100644
--- a/LICENSE
+++ b/LICENSE
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@
       same "printed page" as the copyright notice for easier
       identification within third-party archives.
 
-   Copyright 2016 Istio Authors
+   Copyright 2019 Istio Authors
 
    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
    you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 82dccc095d4..9487c47d8e3 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -53,16 +53,18 @@ test_asan:
 test_tsan:
 	PATH=$(PATH) CC=$(CC) CXX=$(CXX) bazel $(BAZEL_STARTUP_ARGS) test $(BAZEL_TEST_ARGS) --config=clang-tsan --test_env=TSAN_OPTIONS=suppressions=$(TOP)/tsan.suppressions -- $(BAZEL_TARGETS) $(SANITIZER_EXCLUSIONS)
 
-check:
-	@script/check-license-headers
-	@script/check-repositories
-	@script/check-style
+lint:
+	@scripts/check_licenses.sh
+	@scripts/check-repositories.sh
+	@scripts/check-style.sh
 
 artifacts: build
-	@script/push-debian.sh -c opt -p $(ARTIFACTS_DIR)
+	@scripts/push-debian.sh -c opt -p $(ARTIFACTS_DIR)
 
 deb:
 	CC=$(CC) CXX=$(CXX) bazel $(BAZEL_STARTUP_ARGS) build $(BAZEL_BUILD_ARGS) //tools/deb:istio-proxy
 
 
 .PHONY: build clean test check artifacts
+
+include Makefile.common.mk
diff --git a/Makefile.common.mk b/Makefile.common.mk
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..cc3729565e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Makefile.common.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+# WARNING: DO NOT EDIT, THIS FILE IS PROBABLY A COPY
+#
+# The original version of this file is located in the https://github.com/istio/common-files repo.
+# If you're looking at this file in a different repo and want to make a change, please go to the
+# common-files repo, make the change there and check it in. Then come back to this repo and run the
+# scripts/updatecommonfiles.sh script.
+
+# Copyright 2018 Istio Authors
+#
+# 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
+#
+#    http://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.
+
+updatecommon:
+	@git clone https://github.com/istio/common-files
+	@cd common-files
+	@git rev-parse HEAD >.commonfiles.sha
+	@cp -r common-files/files/* common-files/files/.[^.]* .
+	@rm -fr common-files
diff --git a/SUPPORT.md b/SUPPORT.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b487fc5a61c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/SUPPORT.md
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# Support
+
+Here are some resources to help you understand and use Istio:
+
+- For in-depth information about how to use Istio, visit [istio.io](https://istio.io)                                   
+- To ask questions and get assistance from our community, visit [discuss.istio.io](https://discuss.istio.io)
+- To learn how to participate in our overall community, visit [our community page](https://istio.io/about/community)
diff --git a/prow/proxy-postsubmit.sh b/prow/proxy-postsubmit.sh
index 1004e539c67..afa6cf17d4a 100755
--- a/prow/proxy-postsubmit.sh
+++ b/prow/proxy-postsubmit.sh
@@ -45,5 +45,5 @@ GIT_SHA="$(git rev-parse --verify HEAD)"
 cd $ROOT
 
 echo 'Create and push artifacts'
-script/release-binary
+scripts/release-binary.sh
 ARTIFACTS_DIR="gs://istio-artifacts/proxy/${GIT_SHA}/artifacts/debs" make artifacts
diff --git a/script/check-license-headers b/script/check-license-headers
deleted file mode 100755
index 2e3a6a6e8f7..00000000000
--- a/script/check-license-headers
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,57 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-#
-# Copyright 2017 Istio Authors. All Rights Reserved.
-#
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-#    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-#
-################################################################################
-#
-# Checks the source code files for proper license headers.
-
-ISTIO_COPYRIGHT='Copyright 20[0-9][0-9] Istio Authors\. All Rights Reserved\.'
-ISTIO_LICENSE='Apache License, Version 2\.0'
-
-ROOT="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")/.." && pwd)"
-
-function is_source_code_file() {
-  first_line="$(head -1 ${1} | xargs --null)"
-  filename="$(basename ${1})"
-  [[ "${filename}" == 'BUILD' ]] && return 0
-  [[ "${first_line}" == '#!/bin/bash' ]] && return 0
-  extension="$(echo ${1} | awk -F . '{if (NF>1) {print $NF}}')"
-  [[ "${extension}" == "c" ||
-     "${extension}" == "cc" ||
-     "${extension}" == "h" ||
-     "${extension}" == "py" ||
-     "${extension}" == "go" ||
-     "${extension}" == "bzl" ]] && return 0
-  return 1
-}
-
-BAD_LICENSE=0
-
-for file in $(git ls-files)
-do
-  base="$(echo ${file} | awk -F / '{print $1}')"
-  [[ "${base}" == "contrib" || "${base}" == "google" || "${base}" == "third_party" ]] && continue
-  if is_source_code_file "${file}"; then
-    istio_copyright_count="$(head -n 15 ${file} | grep "${ISTIO_COPYRIGHT}" | wc -l)"
-    istio_license_count="$(head -n 15 ${file} | grep "${ISTIO_LICENSE}" | wc -l)"
-    if [[ "${istio_copyright_count}" != 1 || "${istio_license_count}" != 1 ]]; then
-      echo ${file}
-      BAD_LICENSE=1
-    fi
-  fi
-done
-
-[[ ${BAD_LICENSE} == 0 ]] || (echo "Found invalid license headers." && exit 1)
diff --git a/script/build_proxy_artifacts.yaml b/scripts/build_proxy_artifacts.yaml
similarity index 100%
rename from script/build_proxy_artifacts.yaml
rename to scripts/build_proxy_artifacts.yaml
diff --git a/script/check-repositories b/scripts/check-repository.sh
similarity index 100%
rename from script/check-repositories
rename to scripts/check-repository.sh
diff --git a/script/check-style b/scripts/check-style.sh
similarity index 100%
rename from script/check-style
rename to scripts/check-style.sh
diff --git a/scripts/check_license.sh b/scripts/check_license.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..f003f4afb70
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/check_license.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# WARNING: DO NOT EDIT, THIS FILE IS PROBABLY A COPY
+#
+# The original version of this file is located in the https://github.com/istio/common-files repo.
+# If you're looking at this file in a different repo and want to make a change, please go to the
+# common-files repo, make the change there and check it in. Then come back to this repo and run the
+# scripts/updatecommonfiles.sh script.
+
+# Copyright 2018 Istio Authors
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+set -e
+
+SCRIPTPATH="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
+ROOTDIR=$(dirname "${SCRIPTPATH}")
+cd "${ROOTDIR}"
+
+ADD_LICENSE=$1
+THISYEAR=$(date +"%Y")
+if [[ $ADD_LICENSE == true ]]; then
+  echo "Check License script is running in ADD_LICENSE mode. It will automatically add any missing licenses for you."
+fi
+
+ret=0
+for fn in $(find "${ROOTDIR}" -type f \( -name '*.go' -o -name '*.cc' -o -name '*.h' -o -name '*.proto' \) | grep -v vendor | grep -v testdata); do
+  if [[ $fn == *.pb.go ]];then
+    continue
+  fi
+
+  if head -20 "$fn" | grep "auto\\-generated" > /dev/null; then
+          continue
+  fi
+
+  if head -20 "$fn" | grep "DO NOT EDIT" > /dev/null; then
+          continue
+  fi
+
+  if head -20 "$fn" | grep "Code generated by go-bindata" > /dev/null; then
+          continue
+  fi
+
+  if ! head -20 "$fn" | grep "Apache License, Version 2" > /dev/null; then
+    if [[ $ADD_LICENSE == true ]]; then
+      echo "// Copyright ${THISYEAR} Istio Authors
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the \"License\");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an \"AS IS\" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+$(cat "${fn}")" > "${fn}"
+    else
+      echo "${fn} missing license"
+      ret=$((ret+1))
+    fi
+  fi
+
+  if ! head -20 "$fn" | grep Copyright > /dev/null; then
+    echo "${fn} missing Copyright"
+    ret=$((ret+1))
+  fi
+done
+
+exit $ret
diff --git a/script/pre-commit b/scripts/pre-commit
similarity index 100%
rename from script/pre-commit
rename to scripts/pre-commit
diff --git a/script/push-debian.sh b/scripts/push-debian.sh
similarity index 100%
rename from script/push-debian.sh
rename to scripts/push-debian.sh
diff --git a/script/release-binary b/scripts/release-binary.sh
similarity index 100%
rename from script/release-binary
rename to scripts/release-binary.sh
diff --git a/scripts/run_gofmt.sh b/scripts/run_gofmt.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..94fcaf327bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/run_gofmt.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# WARNING: DO NOT EDIT, THIS FILE IS PROBABLY A COPY
+#
+# The original version of this file is located in the https://github.com/istio/common-files repo.
+# If you're looking at this file in a different repo and want to make a change, please go to the
+# common-files repo, make the change there and check it in. Then come back to this repo and run the
+# scripts/updatecommonfiles.sh script.
+
+# Copyright 2018 Istio Authors
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+# Applies requisite code formatters to the source tree
+
+set -e
+
+SCRIPTPATH="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
+ROOTDIR=$(dirname "${SCRIPTPATH}")
+cd "${ROOTDIR}"
+
+# Go format tool to use
+# While 'goimports' is preferred we temporarily use 'gofmt' until https://github.com/golang/go/issues/28200 is resolved
+GO_FMT_TOOL=goimportsdocker
+
+PKGS=${PKGS:-"."}
+if [[ -z ${GO_FILES} ]];then
+  GO_FILES=$(find "${PKGS}" -type f -name '*.go' ! -name '*.gen.go' ! -name '*.pb.go' ! -name '*mock*.go' | grep -v ./vendor)
+fi
+
+# need to pin goimports to align with golangci-lint. SHA is from x/tools repo
+if [ $GO_FMT_TOOL = "goimportsdocker" ]; then
+  GO_IMPORTS_DOCKER="gcr.io/istio-testing/goimports:379209517ffe"
+  tool="docker run -i --rm -v ${ROOTDIR}:${ROOTDIR} -w ${ROOTDIR} ${GO_IMPORTS_DOCKER} /goimports"
+  fmt_args="-w -local istio.io"
+fi
+
+if [ $GO_FMT_TOOL = "gofmt" ]; then
+  tool=gofmt
+  fmt_args="-w"
+fi
+
+echo "Formatting the source files"
+# shellcheck disable=SC2086
+$tool ${fmt_args} ${GO_FILES}
+exit $?
diff --git a/scripts/run_golangci.sh b/scripts/run_golangci.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..e05f77ab8a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/run_golangci.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# WARNING: DO NOT EDIT, THIS FILE IS PROBABLY A COPY
+#
+# The original version of this file is located in the https://github.com/istio/common-files repo.
+# If you're looking at this file in a different repo and want to make a change, please go to the
+# common-files repo, make the change there and check it in. Then come back to this repo and run the
+# scripts/updatecommonfiles.sh script.
+
+# Copyright 2019 Istio Authors
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+set -e
+
+SCRIPTPATH="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
+ROOTDIR=$(dirname "${SCRIPTPATH}")
+cd "${ROOTDIR}"
+
+if [[ "$1" == "--fix" ]]
+then
+    FIX="--fix"
+fi
+
+# if you want to update this version, also change the version number in .golangci.yml
+GOLANGCI_VERSION="v1.16.0"
+curl -sfL https://install.goreleaser.com/github.com/golangci/golangci-lint.sh | sh -s -- -b "$GOPATH"/bin "$GOLANGCI_VERSION"
+golangci-lint --version
+env GOGC=25 golangci-lint run ${FIX} -j 1 -v ./...