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Upload a source archive and hash at every tagged release.
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GitHub source archives are generated on demand and not guaranteed to have a
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constant hash. This is a problem when you try to verify that old releases have
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not changed. This tool uploads a release archive (that will have the same hash
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in perpetuity regardless of GitHubs archive cache invalidation) and a text file
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containing the hash of the archive.
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consistent hash; e.g. a source archive at a specific commit may have a
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different hash 6 months from now! This is a problem when trying to verify that
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old releases have not changed.
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This tool uploads a release archive (that will have the same hash in perpetuity
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regardless of GitHub's source downloads cache invalidation schedule) and a text
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file containing the hash of the archive.
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```yaml

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