# diff

URL: /bengal/cli/version/diff/
Section: version
Description: Compare versions

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Command

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`bengal version diff`

Compare versions

5Options

## Usage

```
bengal version diff [OPTIONS]
```

## Options

Option
Type
Description

`--git`

flag

`BOOLEAN`

Compare git refs instead of folder versions

`--new-version`

required

`STRING`

New version ID or git ref

`--old-version`

required

`STRING`

Old version ID or git ref

`--output`

`STRING`

Output format: summary, markdown, json

Default:`summary`

`--source`

`STRING`

Source directory path