---
name: "containers-storage-changes"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "containers-common"
version: "1:0.69.2-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/containers-storage-changes"
---

# containers-storage-changes(1)

Produce a list of changes in a layer

## NAME

containers-storage-changes - Produce a list of changes in a layer

## SYNOPSIS

**containers-storage** **changes** *layerNameOrID* \[*referenceLayerNameOrID*\]

## DESCRIPTION

When a layer is first created, it contains no changes relative to its parent layer.  After that is changed, the *containers-storage changes* command can be used to obtain a summary of which files have been added, deleted, or modified in the layer.

## EXAMPLE

```
containers-storage changes f3be6c6134d0d980936b4c894f1613b69a62b79588fdeda744d0be3693bde8ec
```

## SEE ALSO

[containers-storage-applydiff(1)](/containers-storage-applydiff/1.md) [containers-storage-diff(1)](/containers-storage-diff/1.md) [containers-storage-diffsize(1)](/containers-storage-diffsize/1.md)