restic-diff - Show differences between two snapshots
restic diff [flags] snapshotID snapshotID
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:
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+ The item was added | ||
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- The item was removed | ||
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U The metadata (access mode, timestamps, ...) for the item was updated | ||
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M The file’s content was modified | ||
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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 is 0 if the command was successful, and non-zero if there was any error.
-h, --help[=false] help for diff
--metadata[=false] print changes in metadata
--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)
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