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, 1 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/decorate.c b/decorate.c
index 7cb5d29..b2aac90 100644
--- a/decorate.c
+++ b/decorate.c
@@ -8,10 +8,7 @@
 
 static unsigned int hash_obj(const struct object *obj, unsigned int n)
 {
-	unsigned int hash;
-
-	memcpy(&hash, obj->sha1, sizeof(unsigned int));
-	return hash % n;
+	return sha1hash(obj->sha1) % n;
 }
 
 static void *insert_decoration(struct decoration *n, const struct object *base, void *decoration)