- A negated filter rule now sends the negation option when sending the
filter rules.
+ - Fixed a problem with the --out-format (aka --log-format) option: it
+ would output superfluous directory information for a non-daemon rsync.
+
- Fixed a problem with -vv (double --verbose) and --stats when "pushing"
files (which includes local copies). Version 2.6.9 would complete the
copy, but exit with an error when the receiver output its memory stats.
+ - If --password-file is used on a non-daemon transfer, rsync now complains
+ and exits. This should help users figure out that they can't use this
+ option to control a remote shell's password prompt.
+
+ - Make sure that directory permissions of a newly-created destination
+ directory are handled right when --perms is left off.
+
ENHANCEMENTS:
+ - A new incremental-recursion algorithm is now used when rsync is talking
+ to another 3.0.0 version. This starts the transfer going more quickly
+ (before all the files have been found), and requires much less memory.
+ See the --recursive option in the manpage for some restrictions.
+
+ - The default --delete algorithm is now --delete-during when talking to a
+ 3.x rsync. This is a faster scan than using --delete-before (which is
+ the default when talking to older rsync versions), and is compatible
+ with the new incremental recursion mode.
+
- Added the --delete-delay option, which is a more efficient way to
delete files at the end of the transfer without needing a separate
delete pass.
older rsync will generate an error. *Be sure to never specify a 0
value to an older rsync client, or it will be silently ignored.*
+ - The --hard-link option now uses less memory on both the sending and
+ receiving side for all protocol versions. For protocol 30, the use
+ of a hashtable on the sending side allows us to more efficiently
+ convey to the receiver what files are linked together. This reduces
+ the amount of data sent over the socket by a considerable margin
+ (rather than adding more data), and limits the in-memory storage of
+ the device+inode information to just the sending side for the new
+ protocol 30, or to the receiving side when speaking an older protocol
+ (note that older rsync versions kept the device+inode information on
+ both sides).
+
INTERNAL:
- Added some isType() functions that make dealing with signed characters
- Made the sending of some numbers more efficient for protocol 30.
+ - Make sure that a daemon process doesn't mind if the client was weird and
+ omitted the --server option.
+
- Improved the use of "const" on pointers.
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