X-Git-Url: https://mattmccutchen.net/rsync/rsync.git/blobdiff_plain/271220c5421b32dcbb7f699fca059d6a6bb0a852..96b7b48efa86bf3fa164d85532dc8bf520d80531:/NEWS

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index eab3bf37..c3dfaeac 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -47,10 +47,10 @@ Changes since 2.6.3:
     - Fixed a potential hang when verbosity is high, the client side is
       the sender, and the file-list is large.
 
-    - Fixed a potential protocol-corrupting bug where the generator
-      might accidentally merge a message from the receiver into the
-      middle of a multiplexed packet of data that is waiting for the
-      socket to allow it to flush.
+    - Fixed a potential protocol-corrupting bug where the generator could
+      merge a message from the receiver into the middle of a multiplexed
+      packet of data if only part of that data was written out to the
+      socket when we got the message from the generator.
 
     - We now check if the OS doesn't support using mknod() for creating
       FIFOs and sockets, and compile-in using mkfifo() and socket() when
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ Changes since 2.6.3:
       (the preserved) attributes from the version in the compare-dest DIR.
 
     - When rsync is copying files into a write-protected directory, fixed
-      the changed-report output for the directory so that we don't report
+      the change-report output for the directory so that we don't report
       an identical directory as changed.
 
   ENHANCEMENTS:
@@ -245,10 +245,17 @@ Changes since 2.6.3:
       enclosed in '[' and ']' (e.g. "[::1]").  (We already allowed IPv6
       literals in the rsync://HOST:PORT/PATH format.)
 
+    - When rsync recurses to build the file list, it no longer keeps open
+      the directory handles of all the parent dirs inside the transfer.
+
     - When building under windows, the default for --daemon is now to
       avoid detaching, requiring the new --detach option to force rsync
       to detach.
 
+    - The --dry-run option can now be combined with either --write-batch or
+      --read-batch, allowing you to run a do-nothing test command to see
+      what would happen without --dry-run.
+
     - Improved the option descriptions in the --help text.
 
   SUPPORT FILES:
@@ -303,8 +310,8 @@ Changes since 2.6.3:
       generator now transmits an index and a flag-word to indicate when
       dirs and symlinks have changed (instead of producing a message),
       which makes the outputting of the information more consistent and
-      less prone to screen corruption (because either the receiver or the
-      sender is now outputting all the file-change info).
+      less prone to screen corruption (because the local receiver/sender is
+      now outputting all the file-change info messages).
 
     - If a file is being hard-linked, the appropriate bit is enabled in
       the flag-word and the name of the file that was linked immediately
@@ -342,18 +349,14 @@ Changes since 2.6.3:
       build the file-list, and one for how long it took to send it over the
       wire (each expressed in thousandths of a second).
 
-    - When --delete-excluded is specified with some filter excludes, a
-      client sender will now initiate a send of the filter rules to the
-      receiver (older protocols used to omit the sending of excludes in
+    - When --delete-excluded is specified with some filter rules (AKA
+      excludes), a client sender will now initiate a send of the rules to
+      the receiver (older protocols used to omit the sending of excludes in
       this situation since there were no receiver-specific rules that
       survived --delete-excluded back then).  Note that, as with all the
       filter-list sending, only items that are significant to the other
       side will actually be sent over the wire, so the filter-rule list
-      is often empty in this scenario.
-
-    - A protocol-29 batch file includes a bit for the setting of the --dirs
-      option.  Also, the shell script created by --write-batch will use the
-      --filter option instead of --exclude-from to capture any filter rules.
+      that is sent in this scenario is often empty.
 
     - An index equal to the file-list count is sent as a keep-alive packet
       from the generator to the sender, which then forwards it on to the
@@ -361,6 +364,11 @@ Changes since 2.6.3:
       packet if the 16-bit flag-word that follows it contains a single bit
       (ITEM_IS_NEW, which is normally an illegal flag to appear alone).
 
+    - A protocol-29 batch file includes a bit for the setting of the --dirs
+      option and for the setting of the --compress option.  Also, the shell
+      script created by --write-batch will use the --filter option instead
+      of --exclude-from to capture any filter rules.
+
   BUILD CHANGES:
 
     - Handle an operating system that use mkdev() in place of makedev().