RPMDEV-DIFF(1)

💅 rpmdev-diff(1) 💅

okay bestie, welcome to the rpmdev-diff glow-up 💖 this is the user-commands corner of the manual, and we're about to diff some archives like it's nothing. ngl this page slaps.

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✨ NAME ✨

rpmdev-diff — literally the manual page for rpmdev-diff version 1.4 🎀 yes she has her own manual page, main character energy fr fr.

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

rpmdev-diff [OPTION]... [DIFF-OPTIONS] FROM-ARCHIVE TO-ARCHIVE

that's it. that's the vibe. two archives walk in, diffs walk out 💅

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

rpmdev-diff diffs the contents of two archives. no cap, that's the whole job 👑

if you're sitting there like "okay but what archive types tho??" — go check rpmdev-extract(1), she has all the deets about supported archive types. iykyk 🧚

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✨ OPTIONS ✨

• -c, --contents — diffs the contents of files in the archives. and bestie, this one is the default. she's the moment, she's the blueprint 💖
• -l, --list — diffs the lists of files in the archives. name-only kinda energy 🎀
• -L, --long-list — diffs the long lists of files in the archives, akin to 'find -ls'. extra detail, extra slay 🔥
• -m, --metadata — diffs the archive metadata. only implemented for rpms for now, so if you're on something else, sorry bestie 😭
• -h, --help — prints the help message and dips out ✌️
• -v, --version — prints version info and dips out ✌️
• diff-options — these are the options passed straight through to diff(1). here's the little rule, listen up 🫶 the first repeated argument of the ones above, or the first argument starting with a '-' that isn't one of the ones above, starts diff-options; the first one that doesn't start with it ends them.

default vibes are:

• -Nup for contents (in addition to -r, which will always be passed — no exceptions, periodt)
• -U0 for the others

• more than one of -c, -l, -L, and -m may be specified. stack 'em, combine 'em, go off 💜

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💀 REPORTING BUGS 💀

found a bug? report it to <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/>. do it, she'd want you to 🙈

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👑 COPYRIGHT 👑

Copyright © 2004-2010 Ville Skyttä <ville.skytta@iki.fi>

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. ⭐

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and that's the whole page, diva 🌈 this was rpmdev-diff version 1.4, all dated October 2024 — signing off with love from the RPMDEV-DIFF(1) crew 🎀💖✨