nix3-profile-diff-closures(1)

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 <nix3-store-diff-closures.md> for details.

Options

•   --profile path
    The profile to update.