function write_patch_file() {
    if [ -z "${ARTIFACTS}" ]; then
      return 0
    fi

    PATCH_NAME="check-clean-repo-diff.patch"
    PATCH_OUT="${ARTIFACTS}/${PATCH_NAME}"
    git diff > "${PATCH_OUT}"

    [ -n "${JOB_NAME}" ] && [ -n "${BUILD_ID}" ]
    IN_PROW="$?"

    # Don't persist large diffs (30M+) on CI
    LARGE_FILE="$(find "${ARTIFACTS}" -name "${PATCH_NAME}" -type 'f' -size +30M)"

`,
		Example: `  # Retrieve sync status for all Envoys in a mesh
  istioctl proxy-status

  # Retrieve sync status for Envoys in a specific namespace
  istioctl proxy-status --namespace foo

  # Retrieve sync diff for a single Envoy and Istiod
  istioctl proxy-status istio-egressgateway-59585c5b9c-ndc59.istio-system

  # SECURITY OPTIONS

  # Retrieve proxy status information directly from the control plane, using token security

*.descriptor      linguist-generated=true
*.descriptor      -diff -merge
*.descriptor_set  linguist-generated=true
*.descriptor_set  -diff -merge
*.pb.html linguist-generated=true
*.pb.go linguist-generated=true
*.gen.go linguist-generated=true
*.gen.yaml linguist-generated=true
*.gen.json linguist-generated=true
*_pb2.py linguist-generated=true
manifests/charts/**/profile*.yaml linguist-generated=true
go.sum merge=union
vendor/**  linguist-vendored

    BUILD_GIT_REVISION=${BUILD_GIT_REVISION}"-dirty"
  fi
else
  BUILD_GIT_REVISION=unknown
fi

# Check for local changes
tree_status="Clean"
if [[ -z "${IGNORE_DIRTY_TREE}" ]] && ! git diff-index --quiet HEAD --; then
  tree_status="Modified"
fi

GIT_DESCRIBE_TAG=$(git describe --tags --always)
HUB=${HUB:-"docker.io/istio"}

# used by common/scripts/gobuild.sh

	}
	return err
}

// printDiffsTabular prints the secret in table format
func (w *sdsWriter) printDiffsTabular(statuses []SecretItemDiff) error {
	if len(statuses) == 0 {
		fmt.Fprintln(w.w, "No secrets found to diff.")
		return nil
	}
	tw := new(tabwriter.Writer).Init(w.w, 0, 5, 5, ' ', 0)
	fmt.Fprintln(tw, strings.Join(secretDiffColumns, "\t"))
	for _, status := range statuses {

By default it will use the default serviceAccount from (istio-system) namespace if the pod is not specified.
`,
		Example: `  # Retrieve sync status for all Envoys in a mesh
  istioctl x internal-debug syncz

  # Retrieve sync diff for a single Envoy and Istiod
  istioctl x internal-debug syncz istio-egressgateway-59585c5b9c-ndc59.istio-system

  # SECURITY OPTIONS

			format: TABULAR,
			diffs: []SecretItemDiff{
				{
					Agent: "alligator",
					Proxy: "proxy",
					SecretItem: SecretItem{
						Name:        "fields",
						Data:        "certdata",
						Source:      "should",
						Destination: "destination",
						SecretMeta: SecretMeta{
							Valid:        true,
							SerialNumber: "serial_number",
							NotAfter:     "expires",

//
// Non-canonical values will still parse as long as they are well formed,
// but will be re-emitted in their canonical form. (So always use canonical
// form, or don't diff.)
//
// This format is intended to make it difficult to use these numbers without
// writing some sort of special handling code in the hopes that that will
// cause implementors to also use a fixed point implementation.
//

	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"

	"istio.io/api/annotation"
	"istio.io/istio/pilot/cmd/pilot-agent/options"
	diff "istio.io/istio/pilot/test/util"
	"istio.io/istio/pkg/kube"
	"istio.io/istio/pkg/maps"
	"istio.io/istio/pkg/slices"
	"istio.io/istio/pkg/test/env"
	"istio.io/istio/tools/istio-iptables/pkg/cmd"

	comparator, err := NewComparator(&outputBuffer, map[string][]byte{"default": cfg}, cfg)
	if err != nil {
		t.Fatalf("Failed to create Comparator: %v", err)
	}
	err = comparator.Diff()
	if err != nil {
		t.Errorf("Unexpected error during diff: %v", err)
	}

	expected := []string{"Clusters Match", "Listeners Match", "Routes Match"}
	for _, exp := range expected {
		if !bytes.Contains(outputBuffer.Bytes(), []byte(exp)) {