borgbackup/docs/usage/diff.rst
Thomas Waldmann 5c44dad125
diff --sort-by: enhanced sorting, fixes #8998
use borg diff --sort-by=spec1,spec2,spec2 for enhanced sorting.

remove legacy --sort behaviour (sort by path), this was deprecated
since 1.4.2.

Co-authored-by: Daniel Rudolf <github.com@daniel-rudolf.de>

This is a port of #9005 to master branch.
2025-11-03 19:25:02 +01:00

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.. include:: diff.rst.inc
Examples
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::
$ borg diff archive1 archive2
+17 B -5 B [-rw-r--r-- -> -rwxr-xr-x] file1
+135 B -252 B file2
added 0 B file4
removed 0 B file3
$ borg diff archive1 archive2
{"path": "file1", "changes": [{"type": "modified", "added": 17, "removed": 5}, {"type": "mode", "old_mode": "-rw-r--r--", "new_mode": "-rwxr-xr-x"}]}
{"path": "file2", "changes": [{"type": "modified", "added": 135, "removed": 252}]}
{"path": "file4", "changes": [{"type": "added", "size": 0}]}
{"path": "file3", "changes": [{"type": "removed", "size": 0}]}
# Use --sort-by with a comma-separated list; sorts apply stably from last to first.
# Here: primary by net size change descending, tie-breaker by path ascending
$ borg diff --sort-by=">size_diff,path" archive1 archive2
+17 B -5 B [-rw-r--r-- -> -rwxr-xr-x] file1
removed 0 B file3
added 0 B file4
+135 B -252 B file2