old_contents: import codecs
  import configparser
  import hashlib
  import json
  import requests
  
  
  def go_through_files(data, repo_name, bw_list, is_whitelist):
      for content in data:
          print(content["name"])
  
          # check if file is in the black/whitelist
          if (content["name"] in bw_list) != is_whitelist:
              print("file found in blacklist/not found in whitelist")
              continue
  
          # if there is a directory go through it per recursive call
          if(content["type"] == "dir"):
              resp = requests.get(url="https://api.github.com/repos/" + repo_name + "/contents/" + content["name"])
              go_through_files(json.loads(resp.text))
  
          try:  # check if the file is there
              # hash the current file
              f = codecs.open(content["name"], "rb+", "utf-8")
              sha1 = hashlib.sha1()
              sha1.update(f.read().encode('utf-8'))
              hashoff = format(sha1.hexdigest())
  
          except IOError:  # if no file is offline always download
              f = codecs.open(content["name"], "w", "utf-8")
              hashoff = "null"
  
          # downlaod the most recent file
          resp = requests.get(url=content["download_url"])
  
          # hash the most recent file
          sha1 = hashlib.sha1()
          sha1.update(resp.text.encode('utf-8'))
          hashon = format(sha1.hexdigest())
  
          # compare hash of the offline and online file and overwrite if they are different
          if hashon != hashoff:
              print("difference found, updating")
              f.write(resp.text)
          else:
              print("no difference found")
  
  
  def update():
      config = configparser.ConfigParser()
      config.read_file(open('updater.settings'))
      is_whitelist = config.getboolean("Section1", "whitelist")
      repo_name = config.get("Section1", "repo")
      bw_list = str(config.get("Section1", "list")).split("\n")
      # get a list of files in the repo
      resp = requests.get(url="https://api.github.com/repos/" + repo_name + "/contents")
      data = json.loads(resp.text)
      # check these files
      return go_through_files(data, repo_name, bw_list, is_whitelist)
  
  
  if __name__ == '__main__':
      update()
  
new_contents: import configparser
  import hashlib
  import json
  import os
  
  import requests
  
  
  def go_through_files(cur_dir, data, repo_name, bw_list, is_whitelist):
      updated = False
      for content in data:
          path = os.path.join(cur_dir, content['name'])
          print(path)
  
          # check if file is in the black/whitelist
          if (content["name"] in bw_list) != is_whitelist:
              print("file found in blacklist/not found in whitelist")
              continue
  
          # if there is a directory go through it per recursive call
          if(content["type"] == "dir"):
              print("file is directory")
              os.makedirs(path, exist_ok=True)
              resp = requests.get(url=content['url'])
              if go_through_files(path, json.loads(resp.text), repo_name, bw_list, is_whitelist):
                  updated = True
              continue
  
          try:
              # check if the file is there
              # hash the current file
              with open(path, "r", encoding="utf-8") as f:
                  sha1 = hashlib.sha1()
                  sha1.update(f.read().encode("utf-8"))
                  hashoff = format(sha1.hexdigest())
          except IOError:  # if no file is offline always download
              hashoff = None
  
          # download the most recent file
          resp = requests.get(url=content["download_url"])
  
          if hashoff:
              # hash the most recent file
              sha1 = hashlib.sha1()
              sha1.update(resp.text.encode('utf-8'))
              hashon = format(sha1.hexdigest())
  
          # compare hash of the offline and online file and overwrite if they are
          # different
          if not hashoff or (hashon != hashoff):
              updated = True
              print("updating {}", path)
              with open(path, "w", encoding="utf-8") as f:
                  f.write(resp.text)
          else:
              print("no difference found")
      return updated
  
  
  def update():
      config = configparser.ConfigParser()
      config.read_file(open('updater.settings'))
      is_whitelist = config.getboolean("Section1", "whitelist")
      repo_name = config.get("Section1", "repo")
      bw_list = str(config.get("Section1", "list")).split("\n")
      # get a list of files in the repo
      resp = requests.get(url="https://api.github.com/repos/" + repo_name + "/contents")
      data = json.loads(resp.text)
      # check these files
      return go_through_files("", data, repo_name, bw_list, is_whitelist)
  
  
  if __name__ == '__main__':
      update()
  
subject: Fix various semantic errors