k8s kustomize diff
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I've started leaning in on kubernetes kustomize to customize my manifests per deployment per environment. Today I learned that it comes with a diff command.

Date: July 6, 2024

I’ve started leaning in on kubernetes kustomize to customize my manifests per deployment per environment. Today I learned that it comes with a diff command.

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  kubectl diff -k k8s/overlays/local

You can enable color diffs by using an external diff provider like colordiff.

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  [38;2;230;126;128mexport[0m[38;2;214;203;180m [0m[38;2;214;203;180mKUBECTL_EXTERNAL_DIFF[0m[38;2;122;132;120m=[0m[38;2;178;201;143m"[0m[38;2;178;201;143mcolordiff -N -u[0m[38;2;178;201;143m"[0m

You might need to install colordiff if you don’t already have it.

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  sudo pacman -S colordiff

  sudo apt install colordiff

Now I can try out kustomize changes and see the change with kustomize diff.