X-Git-Url: https://mattmccutchen.net/rsync/rsync.git/blobdiff_plain/65535b54821052644c1274070bc42480df933aa3..07affc3d9393278d7cf679b87adb504e36d89870:/NEWS diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 36e0573b..2e65e107 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -86,6 +86,18 @@ Changes since 2.6.6: --dry-run and --delete, rsync no longer complains about not being able to opendir() the not-yet present directory. + - When --list-only is used and a non-existent local destination dir was + also specified as a destination, rsync no longer generates a warning + about being unable to create the missing directory. + + - Fixed some problems with --relative --no-implied-dirs when the + destination directory did not yet exist: we can now create a symlink or + device when it is the first thing in the missing dir, and --fuzzy no + longer complains about being unable to open the missing dir. + + - Fixed a bug where the --copy-links option would not affect implied + directories (see --relative) without --copy-unsafe-links. + - Got rid of the need for --force to be used in some circumstances with --delete-after (making it consistent with --delete-before/-during). @@ -224,13 +236,19 @@ Changes since 2.6.6: - Use of the --bwlimit option no longer interferes with the remote rsync sending error messages about invalid/refused options. + - Rsync no longer returns a usage error when used with one local source arg + and no destination: this now implies the --list-only option, just like + the comparable situation with a remote source arg. + + - Added the --copy-dirlinks option, a more limited version of --copy-links. + - Various documentation improvements, including: a better synopsis, some improved examples, a better discussion of the presence and absence of --perms (including how it interacts with the new --executability and --chmod options), an extended discussion of --temp-dir, an improved discussion of --partial-dir, a better description of rsync's pattern - matching characters, and the documenting of what the various items in - the --stats output mean. + matching characters, an improved --no-implied-dirs section, and the + documenting of what the --stats option outputs. - Various new and updated diffs in the patches dir, including: acls.diff, xattrs.diff, atimes.diff, detect-renamed.diff, and slp.diff.