nix profile diff-closures - Lix Reference Manual

> Warning
> This program is experimental and its interface is subject to change.

# Name

`nix profile diff-closures` - show the closure difference between each version of a profile

# Synopsis

`nix profile diff-closures` [option...]

# Examples

- Show what changed between each version of the NixOS system profile:

      # nix profile diff-closures --profile /nix/var/nix/profiles/system
      Version 13 -> 14:
        acpi-call: 2020-04-07-5.8.13 → 2020-04-07-5.8.14
        aws-sdk-cpp: -6723.1 KiB
        …

      Version 14 -> 15:
        acpi-call: 2020-04-07-5.8.14 → 2020-04-07-5.8.16
        attica: -996.2 KiB
        breeze-icons: -78713.5 KiB
        brotli: 1.0.7 → 1.0.9, +44.2 KiB

# Description

This command shows the difference between the closures of subsequent versions of a profile. See `nix store diff-closures` for details.

# Options

- `--profile` path The profile to operate on.

Logging-related options:

- `--debug` Set the logging verbosity level to 'debug'.

- `--log-format` format Set the format of log output; one of `raw`, `internal-json`, `bar`, `bar-with-logs`, `multiline` or `multiline-with-logs`.

- `--print-build-logs` / `-L` Print full build logs on standard error.

- `--quiet` Decrease the logging verbosity level.

- `--verbose` / `-v` Increase the logging verbosity level.

Miscellaneous global options:

- `--help` Show usage information.

- `--offline` Disable substituters and consider all previously downloaded files up-to-date.

- `--option` name value Set the Lix configuration setting name to value (overriding `nix.conf`).

- `--refresh` Consider all previously downloaded files out-of-date.

- `--version` Show version information.

> Note

> See `man nix.conf` for overriding configuration settings with command line flags.