Name¶

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

Synopsis¶

nix profile diff-closures [option…]

Examples¶

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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¶

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--profile path
The profile to update.