diff --git a/crates/rattler_conda_types/src/conda_lock/mod.rs b/crates/rattler_conda_types/src/conda_lock/mod.rs
index 794f9e3aa..c55199a25 100644
--- a/crates/rattler_conda_types/src/conda_lock/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/rattler_conda_types/src/conda_lock/mod.rs
@@ -84,6 +84,13 @@ impl CondaLock {
     pub fn from_path(path: &Path) -> Result<Self, ParseCondaLockError> {
         Self::from_reader(File::open(path)?)
     }
+
+    /// Writes the conda lock to a file
+    pub fn to_path(&self, path: &Path) -> Result<(), std::io::Error> {
+        let file = std::fs::File::create(path)?;
+        serde_yaml::to_writer(file, self)
+            .map_err(|err| std::io::Error::new(std::io::ErrorKind::Other, err))
+    }
 }
 
 #[derive(Serialize, Deserialize)]
diff --git a/crates/rattler_conda_types/src/repo_data/mod.rs b/crates/rattler_conda_types/src/repo_data/mod.rs
index beb972f45..cdc842e00 100644
--- a/crates/rattler_conda_types/src/repo_data/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/rattler_conda_types/src/repo_data/mod.rs
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ pub struct ChannelInfo {
 #[serde_as]
 #[skip_serializing_none]
 #[sorted]
-#[derive(Debug, Deserialize, Serialize, Eq, PartialEq, Ord, PartialOrd, Clone)]
+#[derive(Debug, Deserialize, Serialize, Eq, PartialEq, Ord, PartialOrd, Clone, Hash)]
 pub struct PackageRecord {
     /// Optionally the architecture the package supports
     pub arch: Option<String>,
diff --git a/crates/rattler_conda_types/src/repo_data_record.rs b/crates/rattler_conda_types/src/repo_data_record.rs
index 5715473d6..b05e06f61 100644
--- a/crates/rattler_conda_types/src/repo_data_record.rs
+++ b/crates/rattler_conda_types/src/repo_data_record.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ use url::Url;
 
 /// Information about a package from repodata. It includes a [`crate::PackageRecord`] but it also stores
 /// the source of the data (like the url and the channel).
-#[derive(Debug, Deserialize, Serialize, Eq, PartialEq, Ord, PartialOrd, Clone)]
+#[derive(Debug, Deserialize, Serialize, Eq, PartialEq, Ord, PartialOrd, Clone, Hash)]
 pub struct RepoDataRecord {
     /// The data stored in the repodata.json.
     #[serde(flatten)]
diff --git a/crates/rattler_repodata_gateway/src/sparse/mod.rs b/crates/rattler_repodata_gateway/src/sparse/mod.rs
index 71799ee73..37d38adf1 100644
--- a/crates/rattler_repodata_gateway/src/sparse/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/rattler_repodata_gateway/src/sparse/mod.rs
@@ -103,10 +103,12 @@ impl SparseRepoData {
     ///
     /// This will parse the records for the specified packages as well as all the packages these records
     /// depend on.
-    pub fn load_records_recursive(
-        repo_data: &[SparseRepoData],
+    pub fn load_records_recursive<'a>(
+        repo_data: impl IntoIterator<Item = &'a SparseRepoData>,
         package_names: impl IntoIterator<Item = impl Into<String>>,
     ) -> io::Result<Vec<Vec<RepoDataRecord>>> {
+        let repo_data: Vec<_> = repo_data.into_iter().collect();
+
         // Construct the result map
         let mut result = Vec::from_iter((0..repo_data.len()).map(|_| Vec::new()));
 
@@ -155,6 +157,11 @@ impl SparseRepoData {
 
         Ok(result)
     }
+
+    /// Returns the subdirectory from which this repodata was loaded
+    pub fn subdir(&self) -> &str {
+        &self.subdir
+    }
 }
 
 /// A serde compatible struct that only sparsely parses a repodata.json file.