+static size_t write_midx_oid_fanout(struct hashfile *f,
+ struct pack_midx_entry *objects,
+ uint32_t nr_objects)
+{
+ struct pack_midx_entry *list = objects;
+ struct pack_midx_entry *last = objects + nr_objects;
+ uint32_t count = 0;
+ uint32_t i;
+
+ /*
+ * Write the first-level table (the list is sorted,
+ * but we use a 256-entry lookup to be able to avoid
+ * having to do eight extra binary search iterations).
+ */
+ for (i = 0; i < 256; i++) {
+ struct pack_midx_entry *next = list;
+
+ while (next < last && next->oid.hash[0] == i) {
+ count++;
+ next++;
+ }
+
+ hashwrite_be32(f, count);
+ list = next;
+ }
+
+ return MIDX_CHUNK_FANOUT_SIZE;
+}
+