1 files changed, 20 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/pack-objects.h b/pack-objects.h
index f5282155f2..90ad0a8f4f 100644
--- a/pack-objects.h
+++ b/pack-objects.h
@@ -44,4 +44,24 @@ struct object_entry *packlist_find(struct packing_data *pdata,
 				   const unsigned char *sha1,
 				   uint32_t *index_pos);
 
+static inline uint32_t pack_name_hash(const char *name)
+{
+	uint32_t c, hash = 0;
+
+	if (!name)
+		return 0;
+
+	/*
+	 * This effectively just creates a sortable number from the
+	 * last sixteen non-whitespace characters. Last characters
+	 * count "most", so things that end in ".c" sort together.
+	 */
+	while ((c = *name++) != 0) {
+		if (isspace(c))
+			continue;
+		hash = (hash >> 2) + (c << 24);
+	}
+	return hash;
+}
+
 #endif