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OSMIUM-DIFF(1)							  OSMIUM-DIFF(1)

NAME
     osmium-diff - display differences between OSM files

SYNOPSIS
     osmium diff [OPTIONS] OSM-FILE1 OSM-FILE2

DESCRIPTION
     Finds  all  differences between two OSM files and displays them.  This com-
     mand compares all attributes of all objects, so it  will  even  find,  say,
     differences  in  the  user name or even the order of tags, differences that
     should not happen in normal OSM data unless there is also a  different  ob-
     ject version.

     Only  differences between objects (node, ways, and relations) are found and
     displayed.  Headers are ignored.

     Objects in both input files must be sorted in the same order.

     Several output formats are supported, see the OUTPUT FORMATS section.

     This command is intended for displaying the differences  between  files  to
     humans.   It  can	not be used to create an OSM change file (.osc), use os-
     mium-derive-changes for that.

OUTPUT FORMATS
     The following output formats are supported and can be set with  the  --out-
     put-format/-f options.  Default is the compact format.

     compact
	    A  very  compact format.  For all objects a line is printed with the
	    type of object (`n', `w', or `r'), the object ID and then  the  ver-
	    sion number.  If objects appear in both files and are identical they
	    are  preceded by a space (' `) character, if they are in both files,
	    but different, they are preceded by an  asterisk  ('*`).   Otherwise
	    they get a minus ('-`) or plus ('+') character to show that they are
	    only in the first or second file, respectively.

     opl    The  usual	OPL format with all lines preceded by space (' `), minus
	    ('-`), or plus ('+') characters depending on whether the  object  is
	    in both, the first, or the second file.

     debug  The usual debug format with all lines preceded by space (' `), minus
	    ('-`),  or	plus ('+`) characters depending on whether the object is
	    in both, the first, or the second file.  Color support  can  be  en-
	    abled ('debug,color').

     None of the output formats print the headers of the input files.

OPTIONS
     -c, --suppress-common
	    Do not output objects that are the same in both files.

     -f, --output-format=FORMAT
	    See the OUTPUT FORMATS section.

     --ignore-changeset
	    Ignore  changeset id on OSM objects when comparing files.  When used
	    with the OPL output format the `changeset' attribute is not  written
	    to the output.

     --ignore-uid
	    Ignore  user id on OSM objects when comparing files.  When used with
	    the OPL output format the `uid' attribute is not written to the out-
	    put.

     --ignore-user
	    Ignore user name on OSM objects when  comparing  files.   When  used
	    with  the  OPL  output format the `user' attribute is not written to
	    the output.

     -o, --output=FILE
	    Name of the output file.  Default is `-' (STDOUT).

     -O, --overwrite
	    Allow an existing output file to be  overwritten.	Normally  osmium
	    will refuse to write over an existing file.

     -q, --quiet
	    No output.	Just report when files differ through the return code.

     -s, --summary
	    Print  count of objects that are only in the left or right files, or
	    the same in both or different in both to STDERR.

     -t, --object-type=TYPE
	    Read only objects of given type (node, way, relation).   By  default
	    all  types are read.  This option can be given multiple times.  This
	    affects the output as well as the return code of the command.

COMMON OPTIONS
     -h, --help
	    Show usage help.

     -v, --verbose
	    Set verbose mode.  The program will output information about what it
	    is doing to STDERR.

     --progress
	    Show progress bar.	Usually a progress bar is only displayed if STD-
	    OUT and STDERR are detected to be TTY.  With this option a	progress
	    bar  is  always shown.  Note that a progress bar will never be shown
	    when reading from STDIN or a pipe.

     --no-progress
	    Do not show progress bar.  Usually a progress bar  is  displayed  if
	    STDOUT  and  STDERR  are detected to be a TTY.  With this option the
	    progress bar is suppressed.  Note that a progress bar will never  be
	    shown when reading from STDIN or a pipe.

INPUT OPTIONS
     -F, --input-format=FORMAT
	    The  format of the input file(s).  Can be used to set the input for-
	    mat if it can't be autodetected from the file  name(s).   This  will
	    set  the format for all input files, there is no way to set the for-
	    mat for some input files only.  See  osmium-file-formats(5)  or  the
	    libosmium manual for details.

DIAGNOSTICS
     osmium diff exits with exit code

     0	    if the files are the same,

     1	    if the files are different, or

     2	    if there was an error

MEMORY USAGE
     osmium diff doesn't keep a lot of data in memory.

EXAMPLES
     Show  difference between Nepal files from January 2016 and February 2016 in
     compact format:

	    osmium diff nepal-20160101.osm.pbf nepal-20160201.osm.pbf

     Show in color debug format only those objects that are different:

	    osmium diff nepal-20160101.osm.pbf nepal-20160201.osm.pbf -f debug,color -c

SEE ALSO
     * osmium(1), osmium-file-formats(5), osmium-derive-changes(1)

     * Osmium website

COPYRIGHT
     Copyright (C) 2013-2026 Jochen Topf <jochen@topf.org>.

     License  GPLv3+:  GNU  GPL  version   3   or   later   <https://gnu.org/li-
     censes/gpl.html>.	This is free software: you are free to change and redis-
     tribute it.  There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

CONTACT
     If  you  have  any  questions  or	want  to  report  a  bug,  please  go to
     https://osmcode.org/contact.html

AUTHORS
     Jochen Topf <jochen@topf.org>.

				     1.19.0			  OSMIUM-DIFF(1)

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