gcloud storage replaces gsutil and behaves differently enough to break migrated scripts
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gsutil is in maintenance mode and Google's guidance is to use gcloud storage for new work. It is faster for large transfers because it parallelizes by default and uses a different chunking strategy, and it is where new features land.
The differences that break scripts on migration: recursion semantics for trailing slashes differ between gsutil cp -r and gcloud storage cp -r, so a copy can land one directory level off; the -m parallelism flag is unnecessary because parallelism is on by default; and boto configuration in the .boto file is ignored, with settings moving to gcloud config properties such as the parallel composite upload threshold.
Exit codes and stderr formatting also differ, so any wrapper that greps output or branches on a specific code needs rechecking rather than a mechanical command rename. gsutil still ships with the SDK and continues to work, which is why these migrations get deferred and then done under time pressure during an incident.
Source: https://cloud.google.com/storage/docs/gsutil
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