alt-chksum -- the ALT checksum repository tool
==============================================

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 branches in the checksum repository
are made along with OS distribution revision history.

Quick start
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```
alt-chksum init checksums
cd checksums
alt-chksum add 10.2.1/x86_64
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 ...

At the end-of-life of version `10.2.1` switch to the next available
version with:

    cd checksums
    alt-chksum del 10.2.1/x86_64
    alt-chksum add 10.2.2/x86_64

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