+package Git::SVN::Util;
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+use Digest::MD5;
+
+sub md5sum {
+ my $arg = shift;
+ my $ref = ref $arg;
+ my $md5 = Digest::MD5->new();
+ if ($ref eq 'GLOB' || $ref eq 'IO::File') {
+ $md5->addfile($arg) or croak $!;
+ } elsif ($ref eq 'SCALAR') {
+ $md5->add($$arg) or croak $!;
+ } elsif (!$ref) {
+ $md5->add($arg) or croak $!;
+ } else {
+ ::fatal "Can't provide MD5 hash for unknown ref type: '", $ref, "'";
+ }
+ return $md5->hexdigest();
+}
+