1import hashlib
2from pathlib import Path
3
4
5def create_hash(path: Path) -> "hashlib._Hash":
6    """
7    Returns the checksum of the given path.
8    """
9    h = hashlib.sha256()
10
11    with open(path, "rb") as infile:
12        while chunk := infile.read(8192):
13            h.update(chunk)
14
15    return h