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, 2 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/builtin/describe.c b/builtin/describe.c
index 24d740c..57e84c8 100644
--- a/builtin/describe.c
+++ b/builtin/describe.c
@@ -56,17 +56,10 @@ static int commit_name_cmp(const struct commit_name *cn1,
 	return hashcmp(cn1->peeled, peeled ? peeled : cn2->peeled);
 }
 
-static inline unsigned int hash_sha1(const unsigned char *sha1)
-{
-	unsigned int hash;
-	memcpy(&hash, sha1, sizeof(hash));
-	return hash;
-}
-
 static inline struct commit_name *find_commit_name(const unsigned char *peeled)
 {
 	struct commit_name key;
-	hashmap_entry_init(&key, hash_sha1(peeled));
+	hashmap_entry_init(&key, sha1hash(peeled));
 	return hashmap_get(&names, &key, peeled);
 }
 
@@ -114,7 +107,7 @@ static void add_to_known_names(const char *path,
 		if (!e) {
 			e = xmalloc(sizeof(struct commit_name));
 			hashcpy(e->peeled, peeled);
-			hashmap_entry_init(e, hash_sha1(peeled));
+			hashmap_entry_init(e, sha1hash(peeled));
 			hashmap_add(&names, e);
 			e->path = NULL;
 		}