apk-index(8)                System Manager's Manual               apk-index(8)

NAME
       apk index - create repository index file from packages

SYNOPSIS
       apk index [<options>...] packages...

DESCRIPTION
       apk index creates a repository index from a list of package files. See
       apk-repositories(5) for more information on repository indicies.

       Generally, the resulting index must be cryptographically signed before
       apk will accept it. See abuild-sign(1) for details.

OPTIONS
       --description, -d TEXT
           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.

       --index, -x INDEX
           Read an existing index from INDEX to speed up the creation of the
           new index by reusing data when possible.

       --merge
           Merge packages into the existing INDEX.

       --no-warnings
           Disable the warning about missing dependencies. This happens when
           A, depends on package B, that does not have a provider in the
           indexed repository.

       --output, -o FILE
           Output generated index to FILE.

       --prune-origin
           Prune packages from the existing INDEX with same origin as any of
           the new packages during merge.

       --rewrite-arch ARCH
           Set all package's architecture to ARCH.

ENVIRONMENT
       SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH
           Used as the build time for tar file headers in APKINDEX.tar.gz.

                                  2025-12-03                      apk-index(8)