+ uint32_t i, index_version;
+ SHA_CTX ctx;
+ int fd;
+
+ snprintf(tmpname, sizeof(tmpname), "tmp_idx_XXXXXX");
+ fd = mkstemp(tmpname);
+ if (fd < 0)
+ die("unable to create %s: %s\n", tmpname, strerror(errno));
+ idx_tmp_name = xstrdup(tmpname);
+ f = sha1fd(fd, idx_tmp_name);
+
+ if (nr_result) {
+ uint32_t j = 0;
+ sorted_by_sha =
+ xcalloc(nr_result, sizeof(struct object_entry *));
+ for (i = 0; i < nr_objects; i++)
+ if (!objects[i].preferred_base)
+ sorted_by_sha[j++] = objects + i;
+ if (j != nr_result)
+ die("listed %u objects while expecting %u", j, nr_result);
+ qsort(sorted_by_sha, nr_result, sizeof(*sorted_by_sha), sha1_sort);
+ list = sorted_by_sha;
+ last = sorted_by_sha + nr_result;
+ } else
+ sorted_by_sha = list = last = NULL;