Mention the latest improvements.

[rsync/rsync.git] / NEWS

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@@ -2,6 +2,12 @@ NEWS for rsync 2.6.7 (UNRELEASED)
 Protocol: 29 (unchanged)
 Changes since 2.6.6:
 
+  OUTPUT CHANGES:
+
+    - The itemized output now uses 'S' for a special file instead of
+      clumping them together with the 'D' for devices.  The number of
+      characters is also different (to remove an unused field).
+
   BUG FIXES:
 
     - Fixed a really old bug that caused --checksum (-c) to checksum all the
@@ -51,12 +57,15 @@ Changes since 2.6.6:
       --dry-run and --delete, rsync no longer complains about not being
       able to opendir() the not-yet present directory.
 
+    - Got rid of the need for --force to be used in some circumstances with
+      --delete-after (making it consistent with --delete-before/-during).
+
   ENHANCEMENTS:
 
     - Added the --specials option to tell rsync to copy special files (and does
       not require root).  The --devices option now affects just character and
       block devices (which now matches the documentation).  The -D option still
-      requests both --devices and --specials, and -a still infers -D.
+      requests both --devices and --specials, and -a still implies -D.
 
     - Added the --append option that makes rsync append data onto files
       that are longer on the source than the destination (this includes new
@@ -105,6 +114,10 @@ Changes since 2.6.6:
     - Added the --chmod=MODE option that allows the destination permissions
       to be changed from the source permissions.  E.g. --chmod=g+w,o-rwx
 
+    - Added the "incoming chmod" daemon option to allow a module to specify
+      what permissions changes should be applied to all files copied to the
+      daemon.
+
     - Allow the --temp-dir option to be specified when starting a daemon,
       which sets the default temporary directory for incoming files.
 
@@ -125,6 +138,11 @@ Changes since 2.6.6:
       trailing stars) to match both the dir itself as well as all the
       content below the dir (dir/** would not match the dir).
 
+    - Added the --prune-empty-dirs (-m) option that makes the receiving
+      rsync discard empty chains of directories from the file-list.  This
+      makes it easier to selectively copy files from a source hierarchy and
+      end up with just 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,
@@ -137,6 +155,13 @@ Changes since 2.6.6:
       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.
+
+    - Added a way for the --temp-dir option to be combined with a partial-dir
+      setting that lets rsync avoid non-atomic updates (for those times when
+      --temp-dir is not being used because space is tight).
+
     - Some minor documentation improvements.
 
     - Updated some diffs in the patches dir.
@@ -171,3 +196,5 @@ Changes since 2.6.6:
       configure option instead of --with-FOO to turn on the inclusion of
       the newly patched feature.
 
+    - The testsuite now sets HOME so that it won't be affecting by a file
+      such as ~/.popt.