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 or bar-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 Nix 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          Consider all previously downloaded files out-of-date.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.

                                                                                   nix3-profile-diff-closures(1)