+#define WRITE_BUFFER_SIZE 8192
+static char write_buffer[WRITE_BUFFER_SIZE];
+static unsigned long write_buffer_len;
+
+static int ce_write(SHA_CTX *context, int fd, void *data, unsigned int len)
+{
+ while (len) {
+ unsigned int buffered = write_buffer_len;
+ unsigned int partial = WRITE_BUFFER_SIZE - buffered;
+ if (partial > len)
+ partial = len;
+ memcpy(write_buffer + buffered, data, partial);
+ buffered += partial;
+ if (buffered == WRITE_BUFFER_SIZE) {
+ SHA1_Update(context, write_buffer, WRITE_BUFFER_SIZE);
+ if (write(fd, write_buffer, WRITE_BUFFER_SIZE) != WRITE_BUFFER_SIZE)
+ return -1;
+ buffered = 0;
+ }
+ write_buffer_len = buffered;
+ len -= partial;
+ data += partial;
+ }
+ return 0;
+}
+
+static int ce_flush(SHA_CTX *context, int fd)
+{
+ unsigned int left = write_buffer_len;
+
+ if (left) {
+ write_buffer_len = 0;
+ SHA1_Update(context, write_buffer, left);
+ }
+
+ /* Append the SHA1 signature at the end */
+ SHA1_Final(write_buffer + left, context);
+ left += 20;
+ if (write(fd, write_buffer, left) != left)
+ return -1;
+ return 0;
+}
+
+int write_cache(int newfd, struct cache_entry **cache, int entries)
+{
+ SHA_CTX c;
+ struct cache_header hdr;
+ int i;
+
+ hdr.hdr_signature = htonl(CACHE_SIGNATURE);
+ hdr.hdr_version = htonl(2);
+ hdr.hdr_entries = htonl(entries);
+
+ SHA1_Init(&c);
+ if (ce_write(&c, newfd, &hdr, sizeof(hdr)) < 0)
+ return -1;
+
+ for (i = 0; i < entries; i++) {
+ struct cache_entry *ce = cache[i];
+ if (ce_write(&c, newfd, ce, ce_size(ce)) < 0)
+ return -1;
+ }
+ return ce_flush(&c, newfd);
+}