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>

object.c

@@ -50,18 +50,7 @@ int type_from_string(const char *str)
  */
 static unsigned int hash_obj(const unsigned char *sha1, unsigned int n)
 {
-	unsigned int hash;
-
-	/*
-	 * Since the sha1 is essentially random, we just take the
-	 * required number of bits directly from the first
-	 * sizeof(unsigned int) bytes of sha1.  First we have to copy
-	 * the bytes into a properly aligned integer.  If we cared
-	 * about getting consistent results across architectures, we
-	 * would have to call ntohl() here, too.
-	 */
-	memcpy(&hash, sha1, sizeof(unsigned int));
-	return hash & (n - 1);
+	return sha1hash(sha1) & (n - 1);
 }
 
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