> - Will "emerge metadata" use information from PORTDIR_OVERLAY

No.

> - If yes, is there an "easy" way to (i.e. is there a tool that will)
>   generate metadata for an overlay? 

emerge regen, will generate it in a subdir of /var/cache/edb/dep

> - What tools are used to generate the metadata for the official portage
>   tree by the way?

emerge regen and rsync.

--NJ

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