PACDIFF(8)                   Pacman-contrib Manual                  PACDIFF(8)

NAME
       pacdiff - pacorig, pacnew and pacsave maintenance utility

SYNOPSIS
       pacdiff [options]

DESCRIPTION
       pacdiff is a script which looks for pacorig, pacnew and pacsave files
       from the backup entries found in the local pacman db. For every found
       file the option is given to view, merge, skip, diff, remove or
       overwrite the found pacorig, pacnew or pacsave file.

OPTIONS
   Search Options
       -f, --find
           Scan using find.

       -l, --locate
           Scan using locate.

       -p, --pacmandb
           Scan active config files from pacman database. (default)

   General Options
       -b, --backup
           When overwriting, save old files with .bak.

       -c, --cachedir <dir>
           Scan dir instead as the pacman cache for 3-way merge base
           candidates.

       -h, --help
           Display syntax and command-line options.

       --nocolor
           Do not colorize output.

       -o, --output
           Print files instead of merging them.

       -s, --sudo
           Use sudo and sudoedit to merge/remove files.

       -3, --threeway
           View diffs in 3-way fashion if the base package is available in the
           cache. Fall back to regular 2-way diff otherwise.

       -V, --version
           Display version information.

ENVIRONMENT
       DIFFPROG
           Override the default vim -d merge program.

       DIFFSEARCHPATH
           Override the default search path /etc, only when using find.

       MERGEPROG
           Override the default diff3 -m 3-way merge program. One possible
           alternative is git merge-file -p.

SEE ALSO
       pacman(8), pacman.conf(5)

BUGS
       Bugs? You must be kidding; there are no bugs in this software. But if
       we happen to be wrong, file an issue with as much detail as possible at
       https://gitlab.archlinux.org/pacman/pacman-contrib/-/issues/new.

AUTHORS
       Current maintainers:

       o   Johannes Lothberg <johannes@kyriasis.com>

       o   Daniel M. Capella <polyzen@archlinux.org>

       For additional contributors, use git shortlog -s on the
       pacman-contrib.git repository.

Pacman-contrib 1.10.6             2024-08-24                        PACDIFF(8)