# createrepo > Initializes an RPM repository in the given directory, including all XML and SQLite files. > More information: . - 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}}`