NewTarSum (tarsum/tarsum.go)

Library for computing deterministic checksums of tar archives for Docker layers.

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// Package tarsum provides algorithms to perform checksum calculation on
// filesystem layers.
//
// The transportation of filesystems, regarding Docker, is done with tar(1)
// archives. There are a variety of tar serialization formats [2], and a key
// concern here is ensuring a repeatable checksum given a set of inputs from a
// generic tar archive. Types of transportation include distribution to and from a
// registry endpoint, saving and loading through commands or Docker daemon APIs,
// transferring the build context from client to Docker daemon, and committing the
// filesystem of a conta

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