Public/Get-OriAzBopFolderHash.ps1

<#
.SYNOPSIS
    Compute Hash of the folder
 
.DESCRIPTION
    Compute Hash of the folder
 
.PARAMETER Path
    The Path to folder to compute the Hash
 
.PARAMETER ExcludePath
    Exclude Path is path to the Manifest file (.PSD1 suffix)
 
 
.EXAMPLE
Get-OriAzBopFolderHash `
-Path c:\temp\
 
# Should return something like this:
# 5cfdcbf97b7a004f387c69d6b1dab25b
#>


function Get-OriAzBopFolderHash {
    [CmdLetBinding()]
    param (
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $True, HelpMessage = "The Path to folder to compute the Hash")]
        [ValidateScript({Test-Path $_ })]
        [String] $Path,

        [Parameter(Mandatory = $False, HelpMessage = "Exclude Path is path to the Manifest file (.PSD1 suffix)")]
        [String[]] $ExcludePath
    )
    $ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'
    Write-Verbose "-- Get-OriAzBopFolderHash --"
    Write-Verbose "Path: $Path"
    Write-Verbose "ExcludePath: $ExcludePath"
    $ExcludePath += "*.tests.ps1"
    $files = Get-ChildItem -Path $Path -Recurse -Exclude $ExcludePath -File
    
    $allBytes = new-object System.Collections.Generic.List[byte]
    foreach ($file in $files)
    {
        $allBytes.AddRange([System.IO.File]::ReadAllBytes($file.FullName))
        $allBytes.AddRange([System.Text.Encoding]::UTF8.GetBytes($file.Name))
    }
    $hasher = [System.Security.Cryptography.MD5]::Create()
    $ToReturn = [string]::Join("",$($hasher.ComputeHash($allBytes.ToArray()) | ForEach-Object {"{0:x2}" -f $_}))
    Write-Verbose "hash of $Path is [$ToReturn]."
    Write-Verbose "-- End of Get-OriAzBopFolderHash --"
    return $ToReturn

}