A patch from Antti Tapaninen.

diff --git a/omit-dir-changes.diff b/omit-dir-changes.diff
new file mode 100644 (file)
index 0000000..83fe03b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/omit-dir-changes.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,125 @@
+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.
+
+--- old/generator.c
++++ new/generator.c
+@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ extern int preserve_uid;
+ extern int preserve_gid;
+ extern int preserve_times;
+ extern int omit_dir_times;
++extern int omit_dir_changes;
+ extern int delete_mode;
+ extern int delete_before;
+ extern int delete_during;
+@@ -347,10 +348,11 @@ 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;
+-              if (preserve_uid && am_root && file->uid != st->st_uid)
++              if (preserve_uid && am_root && file->uid != st->st_uid
++               && !(omit_dir_changes && S_ISDIR(st->st_mode)))
+                       iflags |= ITEM_REPORT_OWNER;
+-              if (preserve_gid && file->gid != GID_NONE
+-                  && st->st_gid != file->gid)
++              if (preserve_gid && file->gid != GID_NONE && st->st_gid != file->gid
++               && !(omit_dir_changes && S_ISDIR(st->st_mode)))
+                       iflags |= ITEM_REPORT_GROUP;
+       } else
+               iflags |= ITEM_IS_NEW;
+@@ -895,7 +897,7 @@ 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. */
+-      if (!preserve_perms) {
++      if (!preserve_perms || (omit_dir_changes && S_ISDIR(st.st_mode))) {
+               int exists = statret == 0
+                         && S_ISDIR(st.st_mode) == S_ISDIR(file->mode);
+               file->mode = dest_mode(file->mode, st.st_mode, exists);
+--- old/options.c
++++ new/options.c
+@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ int preserve_uid = 0;
+ int preserve_gid = 0;
+ int preserve_times = 0;
+ int omit_dir_times = 0;
++int omit_dir_changes = 0;
+ int update_only = 0;
+ int cvs_exclude = 0;
+ int dry_run = 0;
+@@ -311,6 +312,7 @@ 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,"     --omit-dir-changes      omit directories when preserving any attributes\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[] 
+   {"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 },
++  {"omit-dir-changes", 0,  POPT_ARG_NONE,   &omit_dir_changes, 0, 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
+                       "P *%s", backup_suffix);
+               parse_rule(&filter_list, backup_dir_buf, 0, 0);
+       }
++
++      if (omit_dir_changes)
++              omit_dir_times = 2;
+       if (make_backups && !backup_dir)
+               omit_dir_times = 1;
+ 
+@@ -1513,6 +1519,8 @@ void server_options(char **args,int *arg
+                       argstr[x++] = 'm';
+               if (omit_dir_times == 2)
+                       argstr[x++] = 'O';
++              if (omit_dir_changes == 1)
++                      args[ac++] = "--omit-dir-changes";
+       } else {
+               if (copy_links)
+                       argstr[x++] = 'L';
+--- old/receiver.c
++++ new/receiver.c
+@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ extern int protocol_version;
+ extern int relative_paths;
+ extern int preserve_hard_links;
+ extern int preserve_perms;
++extern int omit_dir_changes;
+ 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
+ 
+               /* If we're not preserving permissions, change the file-list's
+                * mode based on the local permissions and some heuristics. */
+-              if (!preserve_perms) {
++              if (!preserve_perms || (omit_dir_changes && S_ISDIR(st.st_mode))) {
+                       int exists = fd1 != -1;
+                       file->mode = dest_mode(file->mode, st.st_mode, exists);
+               }
+--- old/rsync.c
++++ new/rsync.c
+@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ extern int preserve_perms;
+ extern int preserve_executability;
+ extern int preserve_times;
+ extern int omit_dir_times;
++extern int omit_dir_changes;
+ extern int am_root;
+ extern int am_server;
+ extern int am_sender;
+@@ -159,9 +160,11 @@ int set_file_attrs(char *fname, struct f
+                       updated = 1;
+       }
+ 
+-      change_uid = am_root && preserve_uid && st->st_uid != file->uid;
++      change_uid = am_root && preserve_uid && st->st_uid != file->uid
++              && !(omit_dir_changes && S_ISDIR(st->st_mode));
+       change_gid = preserve_gid && file->gid != GID_NONE
+-              && st->st_gid != file->gid;
++              && st->st_gid != file->gid
++              && !(omit_dir_changes && S_ISDIR(st->st_mode));
+ #if !defined HAVE_LCHOWN && !defined CHOWN_MODIFIES_SYMLINK
+       if (S_ISLNK(st->st_mode))
+               ;