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diff --git a/tvix/store/src/nar.rs b/tvix/store/src/nar.rs
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+//! This provides some common "client-side" libraries to interact with a tvix-
+//! store, in this case to render NAR.
+use crate::{
+    client::StoreClient,
+    proto::{self, NamedNode},
+};
+use anyhow::Result;
+use nix_compat::nar;
+
+/// Consumes a [proto::node::Node] pointing to the root of a (store) path,
+/// and writes the contents in NAR serialization to the passed
+/// [std::io::Write].
+///
+/// It uses a [StoreClient] to do the necessary lookups as it traverses the
+/// structure.
+pub fn write_nar<W: std::io::Write, SC: StoreClient>(
+    w: &mut W,
+    proto_root_node: proto::node::Node,
+    store_client: &mut SC,
+) -> Result<()> {
+    // Initialize NAR writer
+    let nar_root_node = nar::writer::open(w)?;
+
+    walk_node(nar_root_node, proto_root_node, store_client)
+}
+
+/// Process an intermediate node in the structure.
+/// This consumes the node.
+fn walk_node<SC: StoreClient>(
+    nar_node: nar::writer::Node,
+    proto_node: proto::node::Node,
+    store_client: &mut SC,
+) -> Result<()> {
+    match proto_node {
+        proto::node::Node::Symlink(proto_symlink_node) => {
+            nar_node.symlink(&proto_symlink_node.target)?;
+        }
+        proto::node::Node::File(proto_file_node) => {
+            nar_node.file(
+                proto_file_node.executable,
+                proto_file_node.size.into(),
+                &mut store_client.open_blob(proto_file_node.digest)?,
+            )?;
+        }
+        proto::node::Node::Directory(proto_directory_node) => {
+            // look up that node from the store client
+            let proto_directory = store_client.get_directory(proto_directory_node.digest)?;
+
+            // if it's None, that's an error!
+            if proto_directory.is_none() {
+                // TODO: proper error handling
+                panic!("not found!")
+            }
+
+            // start a directory node
+            let mut nar_node_directory = nar_node.directory()?;
+
+            // for each node in the directory, create a new entry with its name,
+            // and then invoke walk_node on that entry.
+            for proto_node in proto_directory.unwrap().nodes() {
+                let child_node = nar_node_directory.entry(proto_node.get_name())?;
+                walk_node(child_node, proto_node, store_client)?;
+            }
+
+            // close the directory
+            nar_node_directory.close()?;
+        }
+    }
+    Ok(())
+}