This patch from Antti Tapaninen added the --omit-dir-changes option, which
tells rsync to not affect any attributes on the directories in the transfer.
+To use this patch, run these commands for a successful build:
+
+ patch -p1 <patches/omit-dir-changes.diff
+ ./configure (optional if already run)
+ make
+
--- old/generator.c
+++ new/generator.c
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ extern int preserve_uid;
extern int delete_mode;
extern int delete_before;
extern int delete_during;
-@@ -347,10 +348,11 @@ void itemize(struct file_struct *file, i
+@@ -348,10 +349,11 @@ void itemize(struct file_struct *file, i
iflags |= ITEM_REPORT_TIME;
if ((file->mode & CHMOD_BITS) != (st->st_mode & CHMOD_BITS))
iflags |= ITEM_REPORT_PERMS;
iflags |= ITEM_REPORT_GROUP;
} else
iflags |= ITEM_IS_NEW;
-@@ -895,7 +897,7 @@ static void recv_generator(char *fname,
+@@ -892,7 +894,7 @@ static void recv_generator(char *fname,
/* If we're not preserving permissions, change the file-list's
* mode based on the local permissions and some heuristics. */
int update_only = 0;
int cvs_exclude = 0;
int dry_run = 0;
-@@ -311,6 +312,7 @@ void usage(enum logcode F)
+@@ -313,6 +314,7 @@ void usage(enum logcode F)
rprintf(F," -D same as --devices --specials\n");
rprintf(F," -t, --times preserve times\n");
rprintf(F," -O, --omit-dir-times omit directories when preserving times\n");
rprintf(F," --super receiver attempts super-user activities\n");
rprintf(F," -S, --sparse handle sparse files efficiently\n");
rprintf(F," -n, --dry-run show what would have been transferred\n");
-@@ -425,6 +427,7 @@ static struct poptOption long_options[]
+@@ -429,6 +431,7 @@ static struct poptOption long_options[]
{"no-times", 0, POPT_ARG_VAL, &preserve_times, 0, 0, 0 },
{"no-t", 0, POPT_ARG_VAL, &preserve_times, 0, 0, 0 },
{"omit-dir-times", 'O', POPT_ARG_VAL, &omit_dir_times, 2, 0, 0 },
{"modify-window", 0, POPT_ARG_INT, &modify_window, OPT_MODIFY_WINDOW, 0, 0 },
{"super", 0, POPT_ARG_VAL, &am_root, 2, 0, 0 },
{"no-super", 0, POPT_ARG_VAL, &am_root, 0, 0, 0 },
-@@ -1285,6 +1288,9 @@ int parse_arguments(int *argc, const cha
+@@ -1287,6 +1290,9 @@ int parse_arguments(int *argc, const cha
"P *%s", backup_suffix);
parse_rule(&filter_list, backup_dir_buf, 0, 0);
}
if (make_backups && !backup_dir)
omit_dir_times = 1;
-@@ -1513,6 +1519,8 @@ void server_options(char **args,int *arg
+@@ -1515,6 +1521,8 @@ void server_options(char **args,int *arg
argstr[x++] = 'm';
if (omit_dir_times == 2)
argstr[x++] = 'O';
extern int basis_dir_cnt;
extern int make_backups;
extern int cleanup_got_literal;
-@@ -541,7 +542,7 @@ int recv_files(int f_in, struct file_lis
+@@ -551,7 +552,7 @@ int recv_files(int f_in, struct file_lis
/* If we're not preserving permissions, change the file-list's
* mode based on the local permissions and some heuristics. */
extern int am_root;
extern int am_server;
extern int am_sender;
-@@ -159,9 +160,11 @@ int set_file_attrs(char *fname, struct f
+@@ -162,9 +163,11 @@ int set_file_attrs(char *fname, struct f
updated = 1;
}