hashmap: factor out getting a hash code from a SHA1

Copying the first bytes of a SHA1 is duplicated in six places,
however, the implications (the actual value would depend on the
endianness of the platform) is documented only once.

Add a properly documented API for this.

Signed-off-by: Karsten Blees <blees@dcon.de>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/hashmap.h b/hashmap.h
index a816ad47b1..c51fd0abf7 100644
--- a/hashmap.h
+++ b/hashmap.h
@@ -13,6 +13,17 @@ extern unsigned int strihash(const char *buf);
 extern unsigned int memhash(const void *buf, size_t len);
 extern unsigned int memihash(const void *buf, size_t len);
 
+static inline unsigned int sha1hash(const unsigned char *sha1)
+{
+	/*
+	 * Equivalent to 'return *(unsigned int *)sha1;', but safe on
+	 * platforms that don't support unaligned reads.
+	 */
+	unsigned int hash;
+	memcpy(&hash, sha1, sizeof(hash));
+	return hash;
+}
+
 /* data structures */
 
 struct hashmap_entry {