Get the checksum of the index
This checksum is the SHA-1 hash over the index file (except the last 20 bytes which are the checksum itself). In cases where the index does not exist on-disk, it will be zeroed out.
an existing index object
a pointer to the checksum of the index
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Get the checksum of the index
This checksum is the SHA-1 hash over the index file (except the last 20 bytes which are the checksum itself). In cases where the index does not exist on-disk, it will be zeroed out.