+#define MIDX_SIGNATURE 0x4d494458 /* "MIDX" */
+#define MIDX_VERSION 1
+#define MIDX_HASH_VERSION 1
+#define MIDX_HEADER_SIZE 12
+
+static char *get_midx_filename(const char *object_dir)
+{
+ return xstrfmt("%s/pack/multi-pack-index", object_dir);
+}
+
+static size_t write_midx_header(struct hashfile *f,
+ unsigned char num_chunks,
+ uint32_t num_packs)
+{
+ unsigned char byte_values[4];
+
+ hashwrite_be32(f, MIDX_SIGNATURE);
+ byte_values[0] = MIDX_VERSION;
+ byte_values[1] = MIDX_HASH_VERSION;
+ byte_values[2] = num_chunks;
+ byte_values[3] = 0; /* unused */
+ hashwrite(f, byte_values, sizeof(byte_values));
+ hashwrite_be32(f, num_packs);
+
+ return MIDX_HEADER_SIZE;
+}
+