--- /dev/null
+This patch to rsync 2.6.9 adds a --source-backup option that backs up source
+files removed due to --remove-source-files. In my limited testing, it seems
+to work.
+
+To use this patch, run these commands for a successful build:
+
+ patch -p1 <patches/source-backup.diff
+ ./configure (optional if already run)
+ make
+
+-- Matt McCutchen <hashproduct@gmail.com>
+
+--- old/options.c
++++ new/options.c
+@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ extern struct filter_list_struct filter_
+ extern struct filter_list_struct server_filter_list;
+
+ int make_backups = 0;
++int make_source_backups = 0;
+
+ /**
+ * If 1, send the whole file as literal data rather than trying to
+@@ -350,6 +351,7 @@ void usage(enum logcode F)
+ rprintf(F," --existing skip creating new files on receiver\n");
+ rprintf(F," --ignore-existing skip updating files that already exist on receiver\n");
+ rprintf(F," --remove-source-files sender removes synchronized files (non-dirs)\n");
++ rprintf(F," --source-backup ... and backs up those files\n");
+ rprintf(F," --del an alias for --delete-during\n");
+ rprintf(F," --delete delete extraneous files from destination dirs\n");
+ rprintf(F," --delete-before receiver deletes before transfer, not during\n");
+@@ -559,6 +561,7 @@ static struct poptOption long_options[]
+ {"itemize-changes", 'i', POPT_ARG_NONE, 0, 'i', 0, 0 },
+ {"bwlimit", 0, POPT_ARG_INT, &bwlimit, 0, 0, 0 },
+ {"backup", 'b', POPT_ARG_NONE, &make_backups, 0, 0, 0 },
++ {"source-backup", 0, POPT_ARG_NONE, &make_source_backups, 0, 0, 0},
+ {"backup-dir", 0, POPT_ARG_STRING, &backup_dir, 0, 0, 0 },
+ {"suffix", 0, POPT_ARG_STRING, &backup_suffix, 0, 0, 0 },
+ {"list-only", 0, POPT_ARG_VAL, &list_only, 2, 0, 0 },
+@@ -1820,7 +1823,8 @@ void server_options(char **args,int *arg
+ args[ac++] = "--super";
+ if (size_only)
+ args[ac++] = "--size-only";
+- }
++ } else if (make_source_backups)
++ args[ac++] = "--source-backup";
+
+ if (modify_window_set) {
+ if (asprintf(&arg, "--modify-window=%d", modify_window) < 0)
+--- old/rsync.yo
++++ new/rsync.yo
+@@ -344,6 +344,7 @@ to the detailed description below for a
+ --existing skip creating new files on receiver
+ --ignore-existing skip updating files that exist on receiver
+ --remove-source-files sender removes synchronized files (non-dir)
++ --source-backup ... and backs up those files
+ --del an alias for --delete-during
+ --delete delete extraneous files from dest dirs
+ --delete-before receiver deletes before transfer (default)
+@@ -998,6 +999,15 @@ dit(bf(--remove-source-files)) This tell
+ side the files (meaning non-directories) that are a part of the transfer
+ and have been successfully duplicated on the receiving side.
+
++dit(bf(--source-backup)) Makes the sender back up the source files it removes
++due to bf(--remove-source-files). This option is independent of
++bf(--backup) but uses the same bf(--backup-dir) and bf(--suffix) settings,
++if any. With bf(--backup-dir), each backup file is placed inside the backup
++dir according to the source file's full path from the working directory
++(source argument path + file-list path); if you want files placed according
++to the file-list path, you could either make appropriate symlinks or have the
++sender "cd" into the source directory so that the source argument is just ".".
++
+ dit(bf(--delete)) This tells rsync to delete extraneous files from the
+ receiving side (ones that aren't on the sending side), but only for the
+ directories that are being synchronized. You must have asked rsync to
+--- old/sender.c
++++ new/sender.c
+@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ extern int protocol_version;
+ extern int remove_source_files;
+ extern int updating_basis_file;
+ extern int make_backups;
++extern int make_source_backups;
+ extern int do_progress;
+ extern int inplace;
+ extern int batch_fd;
+@@ -123,6 +124,7 @@ void successful_send(int ndx)
+ char fname[MAXPATHLEN];
+ struct file_struct *file;
+ struct file_list *flist;
++ int result;
+
+ if (!remove_source_files)
+ return;
+@@ -139,7 +141,11 @@ void successful_send(int ndx)
+ return;
+ f_name(file, fname);
+
+- if (do_unlink(fname) == 0) {
++ if (make_source_backups)
++ result = !make_backup(fname);
++ else
++ result = do_unlink(fname);
++ if (result == 0) {
+ if (verbose > 1)
+ rprintf(FINFO, "sender removed %s\n", fname);
+ } else