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+#!/bin/bash
+set -e
+
+name=$(basename $0)
+root="$(dirname $(dirname $(dirname $0)))"
+gomtree=$(readlink -f ${root}/gomtree)
+t=$(mktemp -d /tmp/go-mtree.XXXXXX)
+
+echo "[${name}] Running in ${t}"
+
+pushd ${root}
+mkdir -p ${t}/extract
+git archive --format=tar HEAD^{tree} . | tar -C ${t}/extract/ -x
+
+${gomtree} -K sha256digest -c -p ${t}/extract/ > ${t}/${name}.mtree
+
+## This is a use-case for checking a directory, but by reading the manifest from stdin
+## since the `-f` flag is not provided.
+cat ${t}/${name}.mtree | ${gomtree} -p ${t}/extract/
+
+popd
+rm -rf ${t}