diff --git a/build/fbcode_builder/getdeps.py b/build/fbcode_builder/getdeps.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# Copyright (c) 2019-present, Facebook, Inc.
+# All rights reserved.
+#
+# This source code is licensed under the BSD-style license found in the
+# LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree. An additional grant
+# of patent rights can be found in the PATENTS file in the same directory.
+
+
+from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function, unicode_literals
+
+import argparse
+import os
+import subprocess
+import sys
+
+from getdeps.manifest import ManifestParser
+from getdeps.subcmd import SubCmd, add_subcommands, cmd
+
+
+sys.path.insert(0, os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)), "getdeps"))
+
+
+@cmd("validate-manifest", "parse a manifest and validate that it is correct")
+class ValidateManifest(SubCmd):
+    def run(self, args):
+        try:
+            ManifestParser(file_name=args.file_name)
+            print("OK", file=sys.stderr)
+            return 0
+        except Exception as exc:
+            print("ERROR: %s" % str(exc), file=sys.stderr)
+            return 1
+
+    def setup_parser(self, parser):
+        parser.add_argument("file_name", help="path to the manifest file")
+
+
+def build_argparser():
+    ap = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Get and build dependencies and projects")
+    sub = ap.add_subparsers(
+        # metavar suppresses the long and ugly default list of subcommands on a
+        # single line.  We still render the nicer list below where we would
+        # have shown the nasty one.
+        metavar="",
+        title="Available commands",
+        help="",
+    )
+
+    add_subcommands(sub)
+
+    return ap
+
+
+def main():
+    ap = build_argparser()
+    args = ap.parse_args()
+    if getattr(args, "func", None) is None:
+        ap.print_help()
+        return 0
+    try:
+        return args.func(args)
+    except subprocess.CalledProcessError:
+        print("!! Failed", file=sys.stderr)
+        return 1
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    sys.exit(main())
diff --git a/build/fbcode_builder/getdeps/__init__.py b/build/fbcode_builder/getdeps/__init__.py
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diff --git a/build/fbcode_builder/getdeps/subcmd.py b/build/fbcode_builder/getdeps/subcmd.py
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+# Copyright (c) 2019-present, Facebook, Inc.
+# All rights reserved.
+#
+# This source code is licensed under the BSD-style license found in the
+# LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree. An additional grant
+# of patent rights can be found in the PATENTS file in the same directory.
+
+from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function, unicode_literals
+
+
+class SubCmd(object):
+    NAME = None
+    HELP = None
+
+    def run(self, args):
+        """ perform the command """
+        return 0
+
+    def setup_parser(self, parser):
+        # Subclasses should override setup_parser() if they have any
+        # command line options or arguments.
+        pass
+
+
+CmdTable = []
+
+
+def add_subcommands(parser, cmd_table=CmdTable):
+    """ Register parsers for the defined commands with the provided parser """
+    for cls in cmd_table:
+        command = cls()
+        command_parser = parser.add_parser(command.NAME, help=command.HELP)
+        command.setup_parser(command_parser)
+        command_parser.set_defaults(func=command.run)
+
+
+def cmd(name, help=None, cmd_table=CmdTable):
+    """
+    @cmd() is a decorator that can be used to help define Subcmd instances
+
+    Example usage:
+
+        @subcmd('list', 'Show the result list')
+        class ListCmd(Subcmd):
+            def run(self, args):
+                # Perform the command actions here...
+                pass
+    """
+
+    def wrapper(cls):
+        class SubclassedCmd(cls):
+            NAME = name
+            HELP = help
+
+        cmd_table.append(SubclassedCmd)
+        return SubclassedCmd
+
+    return wrapper