+ - Added the --specials option to tell rsync to copy special files (and does
+ not require root). The --devices option now affects just character and
+ block devices (which now matches the documentation). The -D option still
+ requests both --devices and --specials, and -a still implies -D.
+
+ - Added the --append option that makes rsync append data onto files that
+ are longer on the source than the destination (this includes new files).
+
+ - Added the --min-size=SIZE option to exclude small files from the
+ transfer.
+
+ - Added the --compress-level option to allow you to set how aggressive
+ rsync's compression should be (this option implies --compress).
+
+ - Enhanced the parsing of the SIZE value for --min-size and --max-size to
+ allow easy entry of multiples of 1000 (instead of just multiples of 1024)
+ and off-by-one values too (e.g. --max-size=8mb-1).
+
+ - The options --human-readable (-h) and --si change the output of the
+ --stats and the end-of-run summary to be easier to read.
+
+ - If lutimes() and/or lchmod() are around, use them to allow the
+ preservation of attributes on symlinks.
+
+ - The --link-dest option now affects symlinks and devices (when possible).
+
+ - Improved the output of hard-linked and copied files when using
+ --link-dest, --copy-dest, or --compare-dest.
+
+ - Added two config items to the rsyncd.conf parsing: "pre-xfer exec" and
+ "post-xfer exec". These allow a command to be specified on a per-module
+ basis that will be run before and/or after a daemon-mode transfer. (See
+ the manpage for a list of the environment variables that are set with
+ information about the transfer.)
+
+ - When using the --relative option, you can now insert a dot dir in
+ the source path to indicate where the replication of the source dirs
+ should start. For example, if you specify a source path of
+ rsync://host/module/foo/bar/./baz/dir with -R, rsync will now only
+ replicate the "baz/dir" part of the source path (note: a trailing
+ dot dir is unaffected unless it also has a trailing slash).
+
+ - Added some new --no-FOO options that make it easier to override unwanted
+ implied or default options. For example, "-a --no-o" (aka "--archive
+ --no-owner") can be used to turn off the preservation of file ownership
+ that is implied by -a.
+
+ - Added the --chmod=MODE option that allows the destination permissions to
+ be changed from the source permissions. E.g. --chmod=g+w,o-rwx
+
+ - Added the "incoming chmod" and "outgoing chmod" daemon options that allow
+ a module to specify what permissions changes should be applied to all
+ files copied to and from the daemon.