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kubectl-diff

shows differences between the current live configuration and the proposed

TLDR

Show diff against live configuration
$ kubectl diff -f [manifest.yaml]
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Diff entire directory
$ kubectl diff -f [manifests/]
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Diff from stdin
$ cat [manifest.yaml] | kubectl diff -f -
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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.

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