diff --git a/gitg/gitg-repository.c b/gitg/gitg-repository.c
index eb888161..ae83272b 100644
--- a/gitg/gitg-repository.c
+++ b/gitg/gitg-repository.c
@@ -376,20 +376,6 @@ gitg_repository_class_init(GitgRepositoryClass *klass)
 	g_type_class_add_private(object_class, sizeof(GitgRepositoryPrivate));
 }
 
-static guint
-hash_hash(gconstpointer v)
-{
-	/* 31 bit hash function, copied from g_str_hash */
-	const signed char *p = v;
-	guint32 h = *p;
-	int i;
-	
-	for (i = 1; i < 20; ++i)
-		h = (h << 5) - h + p[i];
-
-	return h;
-}
-
 static void
 on_loader_update(GitgRunner *object, gchar **buffer, GitgRepository *self)
 {
@@ -433,7 +419,7 @@ static void
 gitg_repository_init(GitgRepository *object)
 {
 	object->priv = GITG_REPOSITORY_GET_PRIVATE(object);
-	object->priv->hashtable = g_hash_table_new_full(hash_hash, gitg_utils_hash_equal, NULL, NULL);
+	object->priv->hashtable = g_hash_table_new_full(gitg_utils_hash_hash, gitg_utils_hash_equal, NULL, NULL);
 	
 	object->priv->column_types[0] = GITG_TYPE_REVISION;
 	object->priv->column_types[1] = G_TYPE_STRING;
diff --git a/gitg/gitg-utils.c b/gitg/gitg-utils.c
index c5f8ae93..7709b5f5 100644
--- a/gitg/gitg-utils.c
+++ b/gitg/gitg-utils.c
@@ -207,6 +207,20 @@ gitg_utils_convert_utf8(gchar const *str)
 	return convert_fallback(str, "?");
 }
 
+guint
+gitg_utils_hash_hash(gconstpointer v)
+{
+	/* 31 bit hash function, copied from g_str_hash */
+	const signed char *p = v;
+	guint32 h = *p;
+	int i;
+	
+	for (i = 1; i < 20; ++i)
+		h = (h << 5) - h + p[i];
+
+	return h;
+}
+
 gboolean 
 gitg_utils_hash_equal(gconstpointer a, gconstpointer b)
 {
diff --git a/gitg/gitg-utils.h b/gitg/gitg-utils.h
index 7d45df29..104e37c8 100644
--- a/gitg/gitg-utils.h
+++ b/gitg/gitg-utils.h
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ gchar const *todir, gchar * const *paths);
 
 gchar *gitg_utils_convert_utf8(gchar const *str);
 
+guint gitg_utils_hash_hash(gconstpointer v);
 gboolean gitg_utils_hash_equal(gconstpointer a, gconstpointer b);
 gint gitg_utils_null_length(gconstpointer *ptr);