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--show-summary

Last updated: September 29, 2026

Produces a summary list of changesets skipped and why. Valid values: OFF, SUMMARY, VERBOSE. Liquibase 4.24.0+. Default: SUMMARY.

Syntax

You can set this parameter in the following ways:

Option

Syntax

Command CLI parameter

--show-summary=<string>

Liquibase properties file (defaults file)

liquibase.command.showSummary: <string>

Command flow file argument (example)

cmdArgs: { show-summary: "<string>" }

JVM system property (JAVA_OPTS environment variable)

JAVA_OPTS=-Dliquibase.command.showSummary=<string>

Liquibase environment variable

LIQUIBASE_COMMAND_SHOW_SUMMARY=<string>

Using --show-summary with --verbosity

As of Liquibase Secure 6.0, running at the quiet verbosity tier suppresses the update summary entirely, whatever value you give --show-summary. This applies whether you set --quiet or --verbosity=quiet.

If you need the summary in a script that otherwise runs quietly, leave the verbosity at normal and reduce noise another way, for example with --log-level.