podman-image-diff(1)        General Commands Manual       podman-image-diff(1)

NAME
       podman-image-diff - Inspect changes on an image's filesystem


SYNOPSIS
       podman image diff [options] image [image]


DESCRIPTION
       Displays changes on an image's filesystem.  The image is compared to
       its parent layer or the second argument when given.


       The output is prefixed with the following symbols:


       +-------+--------------------------------+
       |Symbol | Description                    |
       +-------+--------------------------------+
       |A      | A file or directory was added. |
       +-------+--------------------------------+
       |D      | A file or directory was        |
       |       | deleted.                       |
       +-------+--------------------------------+
       |C      | A file or directory was        |
       |       | changed.                       |
       +-------+--------------------------------+

OPTIONS
   --format
       Alter the output into a different format.  The only valid format for
       podman image diff is json.


EXAMPLE
       Display image differences from images parent layer:

       $ podman image diff redis:old
       C /usr
       C /usr/local
       C /usr/local/bin
       A /usr/local/bin/docker-entrypoint.sh



       Display image differences between two different images in JSON format:

       $ podman image diff --format json redis:old redis:alpine
       {
         "changed": [
           "/usr",
           "/usr/local",
           "/usr/local/bin"
         ],
         "added": [
           "/usr/local/bin/docker-entrypoint.sh"
         ]
       }



SEE ALSO
       podman(1), podman-image(1)


HISTORY
       August 2017, Originally compiled by Ryan Cole rycole@redhat.com
       <mailto:rycole@redhat.com>

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