--- linus.back/read-cache.c	2005-04-20 10:14:23.268310000 -0400
+++ linus/read-cache.c	2005-04-20 13:05:13.200083672 -0400
@@ -232,11 +232,12 @@
 	SHA_CTX c;
 	struct cache_header hdr;
 	int i;
+	char *buf;
+	int len = 0;
 
 	hdr.hdr_signature = htonl(CACHE_SIGNATURE);
 	hdr.hdr_version = htonl(1);
 	hdr.hdr_entries = htonl(entries);
-
 	SHA1_Init(&c);
 	SHA1_Update(&c, &hdr, offsetof(struct cache_header, sha1));
 	for (i = 0; i < entries; i++) {
@@ -246,13 +247,31 @@
 	}
 	SHA1_Final(hdr.sha1, &c);
 
+	buf = malloc(16384);
+	if (!buf) {
+		return -1;
+	}
 	if (write(newfd, &hdr, sizeof(hdr)) != sizeof(hdr))
 		return -1;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < entries; i++) {
 		struct cache_entry *ce = cache[i];
 		int size = ce_size(ce);
-		if (write(newfd, ce, size) != size)
+		if (size > 16384) {
+			if (write(newfd, ce, size) != size)
+				return -1;
+			continue;
+		}
+		if (len + size > 16384) {
+			if (write(newfd, buf, len) != len)
+				return -1;
+			len = 0;
+		}
+		memcpy(buf + len, ce, size);
+		len += size;
+	}
+	if (len) {
+		if (write(newfd, buf, len) != len)
 			return -1;
 	}
 	return 0;