diff --git a/scripts/update_checksum_file.sh b/scripts/update_checksum_file.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+cd ..
+find . -type f -a \( -name "VERSION" -o -name "*.py" -o -name "*.sh" \) -exec md5sum {} \;