alt-chksum -- the ALT checksum repository tool
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The `alt-chksum` script is an interface to git(1) distributed
revision control system that simplifies its use to access
and validate ALT checksum repositories. Such repositories contain
hash sums of files provided by RPM packages and are distributed
as git-repositories. The structure of typical checksum repository
resambles the structure of APT/RPM repository with separate
branches for CPU architectures and, possibly, other components.
The `alt-chksum` script tries to make accessing that data easier.

Quick start
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```
mkdir checksums
cd checksums
alt-chksum add c10f2/x86_64
alt-chksum add c10f2/noarch
alt-chksum verify ...arguments to verify-checksum script
```

The transcript above corresponds to hash sums being downloaded,
automatically validated and being ready to use with `verify-checksum`
program. In order to explicitly validate the authenticity of downloaded
hash sums, use `alt-chksum validate`.

Some time later, in order to get the hash sum updates, run:

    cd checksums
    alt-chksum update
    alt-chksum verify ...

To get the list of supported commands and short instructions on them
type `alt-chksum help`.
