---
name: "modifyrepo"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "createrepo"
version: "0.10.3-1"
release: "Debian 10 (Buster)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/modifyrepo"
---

# modifyrepo(1)

Modify a repomd (xml-rpm-metadata) repository

## NAME

modifyrepo - Modify a repomd (xml-rpm-metadata) repository

## SYNOPSIS

**modifyrepo** \[options\] \<input metadata\> \<output repodata\>

## DESCRIPTION

**modifyrepo** is a program that allows you to insert arbitrary metadata into a repomd (xml-based rpm metadata) repository.

## EXAMPLES

$ **modifyrepo** --mdtype=newmd metadata.xml /repository/repodata\
 Wrote: /repository/repodata/metadata.xml.gz\
            type = newmd\
        location = repodata/metadata.xml.gz\
        checksum = 1d7ee93db2964e7f85e07ec19b3204591da1050c\
       timestamp = 1196716296.0\
   open-checksum = 824d936dc7dfff029379797b311af0cc66af4115\
 Wrote: /repository/repodata/repomd.xml

## SEE ALSO

*createrepo (8)*

## AUTHORS

```
Luke Macken <lmacken@redhat.com>
Seth Vidal <skvidal@fedoraproject.org>
```

## BUGS

Any bugs which are found should be emailed to the mailing list: rpm-metadata@lists.baseurl.org