Re: meld files checksum?

[Kai <kai willadsen gmail com>]

Meld doesn't use a hash. In shallow comparison mode it doesn't read
file contents at all; in content comparison mode it simply reads and
compares the bytes (or decoded + filtered text, if text filters are
being applied).

cheers,
Kai

On Sun, 22 Dec 2019 at 18:50, Phlique via meld-list <meld-list gnome org> wrote:
> Hello M. Kai Willadsen,
>
> I looked in vain in all the documentation of meld for what hash you use for comparing two files: md5, 
> shaxxx, which  checksum? I am very keen to know, it is a precious information (reliability issue), although 
> I do not doubt for a second for the excellence of your program, I would be overbearing.
> Thank you in advance for your answer.
> Best regards
>
> Phlique
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