kubectl-diff
shows differences between the current live configuration and the proposed
TLDR
Show diff against live configuration
$ kubectl diff -f [manifest.yaml]
Diff entire directory$ kubectl diff -f [manifests/]
Diff from stdin$ cat [manifest.yaml] | kubectl diff -f -
SYNOPSIS
kubectl diff [options]
DESCRIPTION
kubectl diff shows differences between the current live configuration and the proposed configuration in a file. Useful for previewing changes before applying them. Uses server-side dry run to compute the diff.
PARAMETERS
-f, --filename file
File containing configuration to diff.-R, --recursive
Process directory recursively.-l, --selector selector
Label selector for filtering.
SEE ALSO
kubectl(1), kubectl-apply(1)