Tweaked the mention of --human-readable.

[rsync/rsync.git] / NEWS

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@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ Changes since 2.6.6:
       digits.  Rsync no longer doubles a backslash character in a filename
       (e.g. it used to output "foo\\bar" when copying "foo\bar") -- now it only
       escapes a backslash that is followed by a hash-sign and 3 digits (0-9)
-      (e.g. it will output "foo\#134#789" when copying "foo\#789").
+      (e.g. it will output "foo\#134#789" when copying "foo\#789").  See also
+      the --8-bit-output (-8) option, mentioned below.
 
       Script writers: the local rsync is the one that outputs escaped names,
       so if you need to support unescaping of filenames for older rsyncs, I'd
@@ -104,8 +105,12 @@ Changes since 2.6.6:
       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.
+    - Added the --8-bit-output (-8) option, which tells rsync to avoid escaping
+      high-bit characters that it thinks are unreadable in the current locale.
+
+    - The new option --human-readable (-h) changes the output of --progress,
+      --stats, and the end-of-run summary to be easier to read.  If repeated,
+      the units become powers of 1024 instead of powers of 1000.
 
     - If lutimes() and/or lchmod() are around, use them to allow the
       preservation of attributes on symlinks.
@@ -196,6 +201,8 @@ Changes since 2.6.6:
     - New log-format options: %M (modtime), %U (uid), %G (gid), and %B
       (permission bits, e.g. "rwxr-xrwt").
 
+    - The --dry-run option no longer forces the enabling of --verbose.
+
     - Some minor documentation improvements.
 
     - Updated some diffs in the patches dir.