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# createrepo

> Initializes an RPM repository in a directory, including all XML and SQLite files.
> More information: <https://manned.org/createrepo>.

- Initialize a basic repository in a directory:

`createrepo {{path/to/directory}}`

- Initialize a repository, exclude test RPMs and display verbose logs:

`createrepo -v -x {{test_*.rpm}} {{path/to/directory}}`

- Initialize a repository, using SHA1 as the checksum algorithm, and ignoring symbolic links:

`createrepo -S -s {{sha1}} {{path/to/directory}}`
