- - If --inplace is specified, the generator sends an extra byte after
- each index integer indicating what kind of basis file is being used
- for the transfer (see the FNAMECMP_* defines).
+ - A 16-bit flag-word is transmitted after every file-list index. This
+ indicates what is changing between the sender and the receiver. The
+ generator now transmits an index and a flag-word to indicate when
+ dirs and symlinks have changed (instead of producing a message),
+ which makes the outputting of the information more consistent and
+ less prone to screen corruption (because either the receiver or the
+ sender is now outputting all the file-change info).
+
+ - If --inplace is specified, the generator flags any transfer that is
+ using an alternate basis file so that the sender can use the entire
+ file in the rsync algorithm (unlike a normal --inplace update).