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.TH "apk-index" "8" "2025-02-13"
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.SH NAME
.PP
apk index - create repository index file from packages
.PP
.SH SYNOPSIS
.PP
\fBapk index\fR [<\fIoptions\fR>.\&.\&.\&] \fIpackages\fR.\&.\&.\&
.PP
.SH DESCRIPTION
.PP
\fBapk index\fR creates a repository index from a list of package files.\& See
\fBapk-repositories\fR(8) for more information on repository indicies.\&
.PP
Generally, the resulting index must be cryptographically signed before \fBapk\fR
will accept it.\& See \fBabuild-sign\fR(1) for details.\&
.PP
.SH OPTIONS
.PP
\fB-d, --description\fR \fITEXT\fR
.RS 4
Add a description to the index.\& Upstream, this is used to add version
information based on the git commit SHA of aports HEAD at the time of
index generation.\&
.PP
.RE
\fB--merge\fR
.RS 4
Merge \fIpackages\fR into the existing \fIINDEX\fR.\&
.PP
.RE
\fB-o, --output\fR \fIFILE\fR
.RS 4
Output generated index to \fIFILE\fR.\&
.PP
.RE
\fB--prune-origin\fR
.RS 4
Prune packages from the existing \fIINDEX\fR with same origin as any of
the new \fIpackages\fR during merge.\&
.PP
.RE
\fB-x, --index\fR \fIINDEX\fR
.RS 4
Read an existing index from \fIINDEX\fR to speed up the creation of the new
index by reusing data when possible.\&
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.RE
\fB--no-warnings\fR
.RS 4
Disable the warning about missing dependencies.\& This happens when A,
depends on package B, that does not have a provider in the indexed
repository.\&
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.RE
\fB--rewrite-arch\fR \fIARCH\fR
.RS 4
Set all package'\&s architecture to \fIARCH\fR.\&
.PP
.RE
.SH ENVIRONMENT
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\fBSOURCE_DATE_EPOCH\fR
.RS 4
Used as the build time for tar file headers in APKINDEX.\&tar.\&gz.\&