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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
       command compares	all attributes of all objects, so it will  even	 find,
       say,  differences  in  the user name or even the	order of tags, differ-
       ences that should not happen in normal OSM data unless there is also  a
       different object	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
       osmium-derive-changes for that.

OUTPUT FORMATS
       The  following  output  formats	are  supported and can be set with the
       --output-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 version 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	aster-
	      isk ('*`).  Otherwise they get a minus ('-`) or plus ('+') char-
	      acter to show that they are only in the first  or	 second	 file,
	      respectively.

       opl    The usual	OPL format with	all lines preceded by space (' `), mi-
	      nus ('-`), or plus ('+') characters depending on whether the ob-
	      ject 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 enabled ('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 output.

       --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  os-
	      mium 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  de-
	      fault  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
	      STDOUT  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
	      format 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 format for some  input  files	 only.	 See  osmium-file-for-
	      mats(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	<https://osmcode.org/osmium-tool/>

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
       redistribute 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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