# Rename release checksum files

**URL:** https://forum.syncthing.net/t/rename-release-checksum-files/12677
**Category:** General
**Created:** [January 9, 2019, 12:50pm UTC](https://forum.syncthing.net/t/rename-release-checksum-files/12677 "2019-01-09T12:50:19Z")
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### Author: ![luca1234567](https://forum.syncthing.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/82dd89/32.png) [@luca1234567](https://forum.syncthing.net/u/luca1234567)
#### Post date: [January 9, 2019, 12:50pm UTC](https://forum.syncthing.net/t/rename-release-checksum-files/12677/1 "2019-01-09T12:50:19Z")

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I would like to suggest, on GitHub, to rename the release file sha1sum.txt.asc to syncthing-sha1sum-v1.0.0.txt.asc, and sha256sum.txt.asc to syncthing-sha256sum-v1.0.0.txt.asc. As to the other files of program and source code. This to have the version number in file name.

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### Author: ![canton7](https://forum.syncthing.net/user_avatar/forum.syncthing.net/canton7/32/9528_2.png) [@canton7](https://forum.syncthing.net/u/canton7)
#### Post date: [January 9, 2019, 12:51pm UTC](https://forum.syncthing.net/t/rename-release-checksum-files/12677/2 "2019-01-09T12:51:26Z")

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Please don’t do this! I have scripts which rely on those file names!

Also, the names of those checksum files are very standard: you will see “md5sum.txt”, “sha256sum.txt”, etc, in a _lot_ of places. There’s absolutely no reason for Syncthing to buck the trend here.

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### Author: ![calmh](https://forum.syncthing.net/user_avatar/forum.syncthing.net/calmh/32/15311_2.png) [@calmh](https://forum.syncthing.net/u/calmh)
#### Post date: [January 9, 2019, 1:41pm UTC](https://forum.syncthing.net/t/rename-release-checksum-files/12677/3 "2019-01-09T13:41:54Z")

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Yeah, I think these are fairly established by now and we wouldn’t do a rename absent very good reason. We’d have distribution packagers and others with pitchforks outside in no time.

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### Author: ![luca1234567](https://forum.syncthing.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/82dd89/32.png) [@luca1234567](https://forum.syncthing.net/u/luca1234567)
#### Post date: [January 9, 2019, 10:29pm UTC](https://forum.syncthing.net/t/rename-release-checksum-files/12677/4 "2019-01-09T22:29:01Z")

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What is just release, can not be modified. But maybe for the new release, can be do? That can help to associate hash file to release file.

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### Author: ![AudriusButkevicius](https://forum.syncthing.net/user_avatar/forum.syncthing.net/audriusbutkevicius/32/277_2.png) [@AudriusButkevicius](https://forum.syncthing.net/u/AudriusButkevicius)
#### Post date: [January 9, 2019, 11:01pm UTC](https://forum.syncthing.net/t/rename-release-checksum-files/12677/5 "2019-01-09T23:01:19Z")

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The answer was no, this will not be done for old or new releases, and the reason why was explained above.