containers-storage-diff(1)

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version 1.63.0 · 3 versions
, in ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

💖 containers-storage-diff — generate a layer diff 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the containers-storage-diff page from the General Commands Manual 🌸 this one lives in the containers-storage family of commands and it's literally just here to hand you a diff of one single layer. no cap. let's get into it ✨

✨ NAME ✨

containers-storage-diff — generate a layer diff 🦋

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

containers-storage diff [options [...]] layerNameOrID

so it's diff, then options if you want any (zero is fine, she's flexible 💅), then the layerNameOrID — the layer you're asking about, by name or by ID. that part is not optional. periodt.

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

Okay so here's the tea 🫖: this command generates a layer diff that represents the changes that were made in the layer you specified. like, what actually happened in there.

And here's the part that's genuinely iconic — if that layer was populated using a layer diff, the result aims to be bit-for-bit identical with the one that was applied. that includes the type of compression that was applied too. not similar. not close enough. bit-for-bit. the way she does that?? obsessed 😭💖

✨ OPTIONS ✨

  • -f, --file file — write the diff to the file you name instead of letting it spill out onto stdout. very "put it somewhere specific" of you 💅
  • -c, --gzip — force the diff to be compressed with gzip compression. but lowkey, if the layer was populated by a layer diff and that layer diff was compressed, this happens automatically anyway — no flag needed, she just knows ✨
  • -u, --uncompressed — force the diff to be uncompressed. and fr fr, if the layer was populated by a layer diff and that layer diff was compressed, it gets decompressed for the output. so you get the raw thing 🌸

✨ EXAMPLE ✨

containers-storage diff my-base-layer

look at her go 👑 one command, one layer, one diff. we love a simple queen.

✨ SEE ALSO ✨

go bother these next, they're all in the same friend group 🫶

and that's the whole page bestie, you ate that 💅✨ this one's dated August 2016, it's containers-storage-diff(1) from the General Commands Manual, and it's been serving bit-for-bit realness ever since 🎀 bye mwah 💖

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