github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2@v2.10.5/docs/user-guide/commands/argocd_app_diff.md (about) 1 # `argocd app diff` Command Reference 2 3 ## argocd app diff 4 5 Perform a diff against the target and live state. 6 7 ### Synopsis 8 9 Perform a diff against the target and live state. 10 Uses 'diff' to render the difference. KUBECTL_EXTERNAL_DIFF environment variable can be used to select your own diff tool. 11 Returns the following exit codes: 2 on general errors, 1 when a diff is found, and 0 when no diff is found 12 13 ``` 14 argocd app diff APPNAME [flags] 15 ``` 16 17 ### Options 18 19 ``` 20 --exit-code Return non-zero exit code when there is a diff (default true) 21 --hard-refresh Refresh application data as well as target manifests cache 22 -h, --help help for diff 23 --local string Compare live app to a local manifests 24 --local-include stringArray Used with --server-side-generate, specify patterns of filenames to send. Matching is based on filename and not path. (default [*.yaml,*.yml,*.json]) 25 --local-repo-root string Path to the repository root. Used together with --local allows setting the repository root (default "/") 26 --refresh Refresh application data when retrieving 27 --revision string Compare live app to a particular revision 28 --server-side-generate Used with --local, this will send your manifests to the server for diffing 29 ``` 30 31 ### Options inherited from parent commands 32 33 ``` 34 --auth-token string Authentication token 35 --client-crt string Client certificate file 36 --client-crt-key string Client certificate key file 37 --config string Path to Argo CD config (default "/home/user/.config/argocd/config") 38 --controller-name string Name of the Argo CD Application controller; set this or the ARGOCD_APPLICATION_CONTROLLER_NAME environment variable when the controller's name label differs from the default, for example when installing via the Helm chart (default "argocd-application-controller") 39 --core If set to true then CLI talks directly to Kubernetes instead of talking to Argo CD API server 40 --grpc-web Enables gRPC-web protocol. Useful if Argo CD server is behind proxy which does not support HTTP2. 41 --grpc-web-root-path string Enables gRPC-web protocol. Useful if Argo CD server is behind proxy which does not support HTTP2. Set web root. 42 -H, --header strings Sets additional header to all requests made by Argo CD CLI. (Can be repeated multiple times to add multiple headers, also supports comma separated headers) 43 --http-retry-max int Maximum number of retries to establish http connection to Argo CD server 44 --insecure Skip server certificate and domain verification 45 --kube-context string Directs the command to the given kube-context 46 --logformat string Set the logging format. One of: text|json (default "text") 47 --loglevel string Set the logging level. One of: debug|info|warn|error (default "info") 48 --plaintext Disable TLS 49 --port-forward Connect to a random argocd-server port using port forwarding 50 --port-forward-namespace string Namespace name which should be used for port forwarding 51 --redis-haproxy-name string Name of the Redis HA Proxy; set this or the ARGOCD_REDIS_HAPROXY_NAME environment variable when the HA Proxy's name label differs from the default, for example when installing via the Helm chart (default "argocd-redis-ha-haproxy") 52 --redis-name string Name of the Redis deployment; set this or the ARGOCD_REDIS_NAME environment variable when the Redis's name label differs from the default, for example when installing via the Helm chart (default "argocd-redis") 53 --repo-server-name string Name of the Argo CD Repo server; set this or the ARGOCD_REPO_SERVER_NAME environment variable when the server's name label differs from the default, for example when installing via the Helm chart (default "argocd-repo-server") 54 --server string Argo CD server address 55 --server-crt string Server certificate file 56 --server-name string Name of the Argo CD API server; set this or the ARGOCD_SERVER_NAME environment variable when the server's name label differs from the default, for example when installing via the Helm chart (default "argocd-server") 57 ``` 58 59 ### SEE ALSO 60 61 * [argocd app](argocd_app.md) - Manage applications 62