- Moved the code that turns rule flags into chars into a new

[rsync/rsync.git] / NEWS

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@@ -1,7 +1,13 @@
 NEWS for rsync 2.6.4 (UNRELEASED)
-Protocol: 28 (unchanged)
+Protocol: 29 (changed)
 Changes since 2.6.3:
 
+  OUTPUT CHANGES:
+
+    - When rsync deletes a directory and outputs a verbose message about
+      it, it now appends a trailing slash to the name instead of (only
+      sometimes) outputting a preceding "directory " string.
+  
   BUG FIXES:
 
     - Restore the list-clearing behavior of "!" in a .cvsignore file (2.6.3
@@ -26,6 +32,19 @@ Changes since 2.6.3:
 
     - One place in the code wasn't checking if fork() failed.
 
+    - The "ignore nonreadable" daemon parameter no longer affects symlinks
+      that are being copied, even if they point nowhere.
+
+    - If the OS does not have lchown() and its chown() tries to set the
+      referent of a symlink (as it should), we no longer try to set the
+      user and group of a symlink.
+
+    - The generator now properly runs the hard-link loop and the dir-time
+      rewriting loop after we're sure that the redo phase is complete.
+
+    - When --backup was specified with --partial-dir=DIR, don't try to
+      backup a file in DIR when DIR is relative.
+
   ENHANCEMENTS:
 
     - Rsync now supports popt's option aliases, which means that you can
@@ -56,6 +75,48 @@ Changes since 2.6.3:
       file, we now flush any data in the write-cache before closing the
       partial file.
 
+    - The --inplace support was enhanced to work with --compare-dest,
+      --link-dest, and (the new) --copy-dest options.
+
+    - 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).
+
+    - Added the --omit-dir-times (-O) option which will avoid updating the
+      modified time for directories when --times was specified.  For a
+      really large transfer, this option will avoid an extra pass through
+      the file-list at the end of the transfer to tweak all the directory
+      times.
+
+    - Added the --delete-during (--del) option which will delete files
+      from on the receiving side incrementally as each directory in the
+      transfer is being processed (which makes it more efficient than
+      the default, before-the-transfer behavior of --delete).
+
+    - 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.
+
+    - 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.
+
+  INTERNAL:
+
+    - Added better checking of the checksum header values that come over
+      the socket.
+
+    - Improved the type of some variables for consistency and proper size.
+
   BUILD CHANGES:
 
     - Handle an operating system that use mkdev() in place of makedev().