[CI] add a manifest check
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 77e91f7..1e40b5d 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -34,5 +34,9 @@
       install: sh .travisCI/travisBuild.sh
       script: bash .travisCI/runPrecheck.sh
     - name: "The README.rst Consistency Test"
-      script: bash .travisCI/runPrecheck.sh
-    
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+      script: bash .travisCI/git-check.sh
+    - name: "The Manifest Test"
+      script:
+        - bash .travisCI/manifest-check.sh mag/
+        - bash .travisCI/manifest-check.sh maglef/
+        - bash .travisCI/manifest-check.sh verilog/rtl/
diff --git a/.travisCI/manifest-check.sh b/.travisCI/manifest-check.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..93e01b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.travisCI/manifest-check.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2020 Efabless Corporation
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+TARGET_PATH=$(pwd)/$1
+OUT_FILE=tmp_manifest_output_file
+echo "Going into $TARGET_PATH"
+cd $TARGET_PATH
+echo "Running shasum checks"
+shasum -c manifest > $OUT_FILE
+cat $OUT_FILE
+cnt=$(grep "FAILED" $OUT_FILE | wc -l)
+rm -f $OUT_FILE
+if [[ $cnt -eq 0 ]]; then exit 0; fi
+exit 2;