+ - The --inplace support was enhanced to work with --compare-dest,
+ --link-dest, and (the new) --copy-dest options. (Requires protocol
+ 29.)
+
+ - Added the --dirs (-d) option for an easier way to copy directories
+ without recursion.
+
+ - Added the --list-only option which is mainly a way for the client to
+ put the server into listing mode without needing to resort to any
+ option kluges (e.g. the age-old use of "-r --exclude="/*/*" for a
+ non-recursive listing). This option is used automatically when a
+ modern rsync speaks to a modern daemon, but may also be specified
+ manually if you want to force the use of the --list-only option over
+ a remote-shell connection.
+
+ - Added the --omit-dir-times (-O) option which will avoid updating the
+ modified time for directories when --times was specified. This
+ option will avoid an extra pass through the file-list at the end of
+ the transfer (to tweak all the directory times), which can result in
+ an appreciable speedup for a really large transfer. (Promoted from
+ the patches dir.)
+
+ - Added the --filter (-f) option and its helper option, -F. Filter
+ rules are an extension to the existing include/exclude handling
+ that also supports nested filter files as well as per-directory
+ filter files (like .cvsignore, but with full filter-rule parsing).
+ This new option was chosen in order to ensure that all existing
+ include/exclude processing remained 100% compatible with older
+ versions. (Protocol 29 needed for full filter-rule support, but
+ backward-compatible rules work with earlier protocol versions.)
+
+ - Added the --delay-updates option that puts all updated files into
+ a temporary directory (by default ".~tmp~", but settable via the
+ --partial-dir=DIR option) until the end of the transfer. This
+ makes the updates a little more atomic for a large transfer.
+
+ - If rsync is put into the background, any output from --progress is
+ reduced.
+
+ - Documented the "max verbosity" setting for rsyncd.conf. (This
+ setting was added a couple releases ago, but left undocumented.)
+
+ - The sender and the generator now double-check the file-list index
+ they are given, and refuse to operate on a directory index (since
+ that would indicate that something had gone very wrong).
+
+ SUPPORT FILES:
+
+ - 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 and a parallel hierarchy of files to effect its update.
+
+ - Added support/mnt-excl that takes the /proc/mounts file and
+ translates it into a set of excludes that will exclude all mount
+ points (even mapped mounts to the same disk). The excludes are made
+ relative to the specified source dir and properly anchored.
+
+ - Added support/savetransfer.c -- a C program that can make a copy of
+ all the data that flows over the wire. This lets you test for data
+ corruption (by saving the data on both the sending side and the
+ receiving side) or provides a way to help debug a protocol error.
+
+ - Added support/rrsync -- my version of Joe Smith's restricted rsync
+ perl script. This helps to ensure that only certain rsync commands
+ can be run by an ssh invocation.
+
+ - Improved the option descriptions in the --help text.