- - Added support/atomic-rsync -- a perl script that will transfer some
- files using rsync, and then move the updated files into place all at
- once at the end of the transfer. Only works when pulling, and uses
- --link-dest.
+ - Added the --skip-empty-dirs (-k) option that makes the receiving
+ rsync discard empty chains of directories from the file-list. This
+ makes it much easier to scan a source hierarchy using include,
+ exclude, filter rules, and only end up with the directories needed
+ to hold the resulting files.
+
+ - If the --itemize-changes (-i) option is repeated, rsync now includes
+ unchanged files in the itemized output (similar to -vv, but without
+ all the other verbose messages that can get in the way). Of course,
+ the client must be version 2.6.7 for this to work, but the remote
+ rsync only needs to be 2.6.7 if you're pushing files.
+
+ - Added the --super option to make the receiver always attempt super-
+ user activities. This is useful for systems that allow things such
+ as devices to be created or ownership to be set without being UID 0,
+ and is also useful for someone who wants to ensure that errors will
+ be output if the receiving rsync isn't being run as root.
+
+ - Added the --sockopts option for those few who want to customize the
+ TCP options used to contact a daemon rsync.
+
+ - Some minor documentation improvements.
+
+ - Updated some diffs in the patches dir.