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What is it git shasums?
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git-shasum.sh
message=$(git cat-file commit HEAD)
message_character_count=$(echo -n "$message" | wc -c | tr -d " ")
checksummed="commit $message_character_count\0$message"
echo -ne "$checksummed" | openssl sha1
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