metainfo/hash.go | 5 +++++

diff --git a/metainfo/hash.go b/metainfo/hash.go
index 1c0a0ff8bf3baeb64bb8dbab22e84ad577e06ffc..c755468c0716269a4ba50837270c433b49ced9e3 100644
--- a/metainfo/hash.go
+++ b/metainfo/hash.go
@@ -36,6 +36,11 @@ 	}
 	return
 }
 
+func NewHashFromHex(s string) (h Hash) {
+	h.FromHexString(s)
+	return
+}
+
 func HashBytes(b []byte) (ret Hash) {
 	hasher := sha1.New()
 	hasher.Write(b)