restic-diff - Show differences between two snapshots

NAME  SYNOPSIS  DESCRIPTION  EXIT STATUS  OPTIONS  OPTIONS INHERITED FROM PARENT COMMANDS  SEE ALSO 

NAME

restic-diff - Show differences between two snapshots

SYNOPSIS

restic diff [flags] snapshotID snapshotID

DESCRIPTION

The "diff" command shows differences from the first to the second snapshot. The first characters in each line display what has happened to a particular file or directory:

+ The item was added

- The item was removed

U The metadata (access mode, timestamps, ...) for the item was updated

M The file’s content was modified

T The type was changed, e.g. a file was made a symlink

To only compare files in specific subfolders, you can use the ":" syntax, where "subfolder" is a path within the snapshot.

EXIT STATUS

Exit status is 0 if the command was successful, and non-zero if there was any error.

OPTIONS

-h, --help[=false] help for diff

--metadata[=false] print changes in metadata

OPTIONS INHERITED FROM PARENT COMMANDS

--cacert=[] file to load root certificates from (default: use system certificates or $RESTIC_CACERT)

--cache-dir="" set the cache directory. (default: use system default cache directory)

--cleanup-cache[=false] auto remove old cache directories

--compression=auto compression mode (only available for repository format version 2), one of (auto|off|max) (default: $RESTIC_COMPRESSION)

--insecure-tls[=false] skip TLS certificate verification when connecting to the repository (insecure)

--json[=false] set output mode to JSON for commands that support it

--key-hint="" key ID of key to try decrypting first (default: $RESTIC_KEY_HINT)

--limit-download=0 limits downloads to a maximum rate in KiB/s. (default: unlimited)

--limit-upload=0 limits uploads to a maximum rate in KiB/s. (default: unlimited)

--no-cache[=false] do not use a local cache

--no-lock[=false] do not lock the repository, this allows some operations on read-only repositories

-o, --option=[] set extended option (key=value, can be specified multiple times)

--pack-size=0 set target pack size in MiB, created pack files may be larger (default: $RESTIC_PACK_SIZE)

--password-command="" shell command to obtain the repository password from (default: $RESTIC_PASSWORD_COMMAND)

-p, --password-file="" file to read the repository password from (default: $RESTIC_PASSWORD_FILE)

-q, --quiet[=false] do not output comprehensive progress report

-r, --repo="" repository to backup to or restore from (default: $RESTIC_REPOSITORY)

--repository-file="" file to read the repository location from (default: $RESTIC_REPOSITORY_FILE)

--retry-lock=0s retry to lock the repository if it is already locked, takes a value like 5m or 2h (default: no retries)

--tls-client-cert="" path to a file containing PEM encoded TLS client certificate and private key (default: $RESTIC_TLS_CLIENT_CERT)

-v, --verbose[=0] be verbose (specify multiple times or a level using --verbose=n‘‘, max level/times is 2)

SEE ALSO

restic(1)


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