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Subject: Re: OT: SVN checkout checksumming
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> I want to use SVN to automate the update process of a custom 
> application. So, I'm planning to indicate to every PC to update 
> periodically to a specific branch of the repository. The problem
> is that I need to be sure the files where not corrupted during
> the transfer. So, I'm planning to generate the hash (SHA or MD5,
> doesn't really matters) of every file downloaded by SVN on the
> client. For this to work, I need to compare the hashes with their
> server-side equivalent ...

Do you need to mirror the entire branch, or only distribute the
latest version?  If the latter, ports/net/rsync may be what you're
looking for.