diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index b24471411e..00f566aed7 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ install:
 script:
   - set -e
   - make
-  - make verify-copyright
+  - make verify-codegen
   # https://github.com/shipwright-io/build/issues/123
   - make test-unit-coverage
   - make test-integration
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 950af5dabd..2a99a43b89 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -96,12 +96,14 @@ push-image:
 release:
 	hack/release.sh
 
-.PHONY: gen-copyright
-gen-copyright:
+.PHONY: generate
+generate:
+	hack/generate-client.sh
+	hack/generate-fakes.sh
 	hack/generate-copyright.sh
 
-.PHONY: verify-copyright
-verify-copyright: gen-copyright
+.PHONY: verify-codegen
+verify-codegen: generate
 	# TODO: Fix travis issue with ginkgo install updating go.mod and go.sum
 	# TODO: Verify vendor tree is accurate
 	git diff --quiet -- ':(exclude)go.mod' ':(exclude)go.sum' ':(exclude)vendor/*'
@@ -114,6 +116,9 @@ install-ginkgo:
 install-gocov:
 	cd && GO111MODULE=on go get github.com/axw/gocov/gocov@v1.0.0
 
+install-counterfeiter:
+	hack/install-counterfeiter.sh
+
 # https://github.com/shipwright-io/build/issues/123
 test: test-unit
 
@@ -201,6 +206,6 @@ kind:
 	./hack/install-kind.sh
 	./hack/install-registry.sh
 
-travis: install-ginkgo install-gocov kubectl kind
+travis: install-counterfeiter install-ginkgo install-gocov kubectl kind
 	./hack/install-tekton.sh
 	./hack/install-operator-sdk.sh
diff --git a/docs/development/testing.md b/docs/development/testing.md
index 683ef37d0d..84e481ecf7 100644
--- a/docs/development/testing.md
+++ b/docs/development/testing.md
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@ SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
 - [Overview](#overview)
 - [Ginkgo](#ginkgo)
-- [Unit Tests](#unit-tests)
+- [Verifying your code](#verifying-your-code)
   - [Counterfeiter](#counterfeiter)
-  - [Running unit tests](#running-unit-tests)
+- [Unit Tests](#unit-tests)
 - [Integration Tests](#integration-tests)
   - [Running integration tests](#running-integration-tests)
 - [E2E Tests](#e2e-tests)
@@ -24,13 +24,27 @@ SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
 ## Overview
 
-Before opening a pull requests, please ensure that your changes are passing unit and integration tests. In the following sections, the three levels of tests we cover are explained in detail.
+Before opening a pull requests, please ensure that your changes are passing unit, integration, and verification tests.
+In the following sections, the three levels of tests we cover are explained in detail.
 Our testing implementation follows the Kubernetes community recommendations, see the [community docs](https://github.com/kubernetes/community/blob/master/contributors/devel/sig-testing/testing.md) for more information.
 
 ## Ginkgo
 
 For all the testing levels, we rely on Gingko as the testing framework for defining test cases and executing them. Ginkgo is a go testing framework that use the Go´s **testing** package. The framework have many [features](https://github.com/onsi/ginkgo#feature-list) on top of Go´s built-in testing primitives.
 
+## Verifying your code
+
+Our Travis builds verify that your code conforms to project standards and that all generated code is up to date.
+When adding files or updating APIs, please run `make generate` before submitting your code.
+
+### Counterfeiter
+
+Counterfeiter is used to generate and update fake implementations of objects. Currently only used for the `manager` and `client` package interface of the `sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime`.
+
+This allow us to use test doubles in the unit tests, from where we can instantiate the fakes and then stub return values. This is very useful, for example we can mock all **client** calls that happened during the k8s controllers reconciliation and stub the result. Same case for the **manager** when creating controllers.
+
+Counterfeiter is required by the code generator scripts. Run `make install-counterfeiter` to add counterfeiter to your `GOPATH`.
+
 ## Unit Tests
 
 We use unit tests to provide coverage and ensure that our functions are behaving as expected, but also to assert the behaviour of the controllers during Reconciliations.
@@ -53,17 +67,7 @@ When building unit-tests, try to follow:
 - Assert all errors.
 - Assert that function invocations generate the expected values.
 
-### Counterfeiter
-
-Counterfeiter is used to generate and update fake implementations of objects. Currently only used for the `manager` and `client` package interface of the `sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime`.
-
-This allow us to use test doubles in the unit tests, from where we can instantiate the fakes and then stub return values. This is very useful, for example we can mock all **client** calls that happened during the k8s controllers reconciliation and stub the result. Same case for the **manager** when creating controllers. For installing the binary, refer to [installing counterfeiter](https://github.com/maxbrunsfeld/counterfeiter#installing-counterfeiter-to-gopathbin).
-
-### Running unit tests
-
-```sh
-make test
-```
+To run the unit tests, run `make test` from the command line.
 
 ## Integration Tests
 
diff --git a/hack/boilerplate.go.txt b/hack/boilerplate.go.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d3c47d7c80
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hack/boilerplate.go.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+// Copyright The Shipwright Contributors
+//
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
diff --git a/hack/boilerplate.html.txt b/hack/boilerplate.html.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3ced9ae4c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hack/boilerplate.html.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+<!--
+Copyright The Shipwright Contributors
+
+SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+-->
diff --git a/hack/boilerplate.sh.txt b/hack/boilerplate.sh.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6f9243c73c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hack/boilerplate.sh.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# Copyright The Shipwright Contributors
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
diff --git a/hack/generate-client.sh b/hack/generate-client.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..3c9d368204
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hack/generate-client.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Copyright The Shipwright Contributors
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+#
+# Generates the typed client for Kubernetes CRDs
+# From https://www.openshift.com/blog/kubernetes-deep-dive-code-generation-customresources
+#
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+GOPATH=${GOPATH:-$(go env GOPATH)}
+SCRIPT_ROOT=$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")/..
+CODEGEN_PKG=${CODEGEN_PKG:-$(cd ${SCRIPT_ROOT}; ls -d -1 ./vendor/k8s.io/code-generator 2>/dev/null || echo ../../../k8s.io/code-generator)}
+
+echo ""
+echo "Using code-generator package version, as instructed in the go.mod file"
+echo "The code-generator package is imported via the pkg/kubecodegen dir"
+echo "To modify the current version, please modify this in the go.mod"
+echo ""
+
+GOFLAGS="" GOPATH=${GOPATH} /bin/bash ${CODEGEN_PKG}/generate-groups.sh "deepcopy,client" \
+  github.com/shipwright-io/build/pkg/client/build \
+  github.com/shipwright-io/build/pkg/apis \
+  build:v1alpha1 \
+  --go-header-file "${SCRIPT_ROOT}/hack/boilerplate.go.txt"
diff --git a/hack/generate-copyright.sh b/hack/generate-copyright.sh
index 4122b334a9..332ace0949 100755
--- a/hack/generate-copyright.sh
+++ b/hack/generate-copyright.sh
@@ -6,8 +6,7 @@
 
 set -e
 
-copyrightTxt="Copyright The Shipwright Contributors"
-spdxTxt="SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0"
+SCRIPT_ROOT=$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")/..
 
 function listPkgDirs() {
 	go list -f '{{.Dir}}' ./cmd/... ./pkg/... ./test/... ./version/...
@@ -18,7 +17,7 @@ function listGoFiles() {
 	# pipeline is much faster than for loop
 	listPkgDirs | xargs -I {} find {} \( -name '*.go' -a ! -name "zz_generated*.go" \)
   local goFiles=$?
-  echo $PWD/tools.go
+  echo "${SCRIPT_ROOT}/tools.go"
   goFiles="$goFiles $?"
 }
 
@@ -43,10 +42,7 @@ function generateGoCopyright() {
   for file in $allFiles ; do
     if ! head -n3 "${file}" | grep -Eq "(Copyright|SPDX-License-Identifier)" ; then
       cp "${file}" "${file}.bak"
-      echo "// ${copyrightTxt}" > "${file}"
-      echo "//" >> "${file}"
-      echo "// ${spdxTxt}" >> "${file}"
-      echo "" >> "${file}"
+      cat "${SCRIPT_ROOT}/hack/boilerplate.go.txt" > "${file}"
       cat "${file}.bak" >> "${file}"
       rm "${file}.bak"
     fi
@@ -58,10 +54,7 @@ function generateDockerfileCopyright() {
   for file in $dockerfiles ; do
     if ! head -n3 "${file}" | grep -Eq "(Copyright|SPDX-License-Identifier)" ; then
       cp "${file}" "${file}.bak"
-      echo "# ${copyrightTxt}" > "${file}"
-      echo "# " >> "${file}"
-      echo "# ${spdxTxt}" >> "${file}"
-      echo "" >> "${file}"
+      cat "${SCRIPT_ROOT}/hack/boilerplate.sh.txt" > "${file}"
       cat "${file}.bak" >> "${file}"
       rm "${file}.bak"
     fi
@@ -75,12 +68,10 @@ function generateBashCopyright() {
       cp "${file}" "${file}.bak"
       # Copy the shebang first - this is assumed to be the first line
       head -n1 "${file}.bak" > "${file}"
-      echo "" >> "${file}"
-      echo "# ${copyrightTxt}" >> "${file}"
-      echo "#" >> "${file}"
-      echo "# ${spdxTxt}" >> "${file}"
-      echo "" >> "${file}"
-      tail -n +2 "${file}.bak" >> "${file}"
+      {
+        cat "${SCRIPT_ROOT}/hack/boilerplate.sh.txt"
+        tail -n +2 "${file}.bak"
+      } >> "${file}"
       rm "${file}.bak"
     fi
   done
@@ -91,12 +82,7 @@ function generateMarkdownCopyright() {
   for file in $mdFiles ; do
     if ! head -n4 "${file}" | grep -Eq "(Copyright|SPDX-License-Identifier)" ; then
       cp "${file}" "${file}.bak"
-      echo "<!--" > "${file}"
-      echo "${copyrightTxt}" >> "${file}"
-      echo "" >> "${file}"
-      echo "${spdxTxt}" >> "${file}"
-      echo "-->" >> "${file}"
-      echo "" >> "${file}"
+      cat "${SCRIPT_ROOT}/hack/boilerplate.html.txt" > "${file}"
       cat "${file}.bak" >> "${file}"
       rm "${file}.bak"
     fi
diff --git a/hack/generate-fakes.sh b/hack/generate-fakes.sh
index 3d6548049d..880d4a0ae4 100755
--- a/hack/generate-fakes.sh
+++ b/hack/generate-fakes.sh
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ set -euo pipefail
 
 [ ! -d "vendor" ] && echo "$0 requires vendor/ folder, run 'go mod vendor'"
 
-counterfeiter -o pkg/controller/fakes/manager.go vendor/sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/manager Manager
-counterfeiter -o pkg/controller/fakes/client.go vendor/sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/client Client
-counterfeiter -o pkg/controller/fakes/status_writer.go vendor/sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/client StatusWriter
\ No newline at end of file
+SCRIPT_ROOT=$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")/..
+BIN=$(go env GOPATH)/bin
+
+"${BIN}/counterfeiter" -header "${SCRIPT_ROOT}/hack/boilerplate.go.txt" -o pkg/controller/fakes/manager.go vendor/sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/manager Manager
+"${BIN}/counterfeiter" -header "${SCRIPT_ROOT}/hack/boilerplate.go.txt" -o pkg/controller/fakes/client.go vendor/sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/client Client
+"${BIN}/counterfeiter" -header "${SCRIPT_ROOT}/hack/boilerplate.go.txt" -o pkg/controller/fakes/status_writer.go vendor/sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/client StatusWriter
diff --git a/hack/install-counterfeiter.sh b/hack/install-counterfeiter.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..e3d1feca0b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hack/install-counterfeiter.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -eu
+
+GO111MODULE=off go get -u github.com/maxbrunsfeld/counterfeiter
diff --git a/hack/update-codegen.sh b/hack/update-codegen.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 55ec1ef960..0000000000
--- a/hack/update-codegen.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,43 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-# Copyright The Shipwright Contributors
-#
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-
-#
-# Generates the typed client for Kubernetes CRDs
-# From https://www.openshift.com/blog/kubernetes-deep-dive-code-generation-customresources
-#
-
-set -euo pipefail
-
-GO111MODULE=${GO111MODULE:-on}
-GIT_ROOT=${GIT_ROOT:-$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)}
-
-
-if [ -z ${GIT_ROOT} ]; then
-  echo "none git repository found"
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-pushd $GIT_ROOT
-
-  go mod vendor
-
-  if [ ! -d vendor/k8s.io/code-generator ]; then
-    echo "k8s.io/code-generator package not found. Please verify the go modules"
-    exit 1
-  fi
-
-  echo ""
-  echo "Using code-generator package version, as instructed in the go.mod file"
-  echo "The code-generator package is imported via the pkg/kubecodegen dir"
-  echo "To modify the current version, please modify this in the go.mod"
-  echo ""
-
-  /bin/bash vendor/k8s.io/code-generator/generate-groups.sh "deepcopy,client" \
-    github.com/shipwright-io/build/pkg/client/build \
-    github.com/shipwright-io/build/pkg/apis \
-    build:v1alpha1
-
-popd