Updated the default list of cvs-excluded files and added some extra

info on how the option interacts with other include/exclude rules.

diff --git a/rsync.yo b/rsync.yo
index f21ab81..775bb68 100644 (file)
--- a/rsync.yo
+++ b/rsync.yo
@@ -636,16 +636,25 @@ a file should be ignored.
 
 The exclude list is initialized to:
 
-quote(RCS/ SCCS/ CVS/ .svn/ CVS.adm RCSLOG cvslog.* tags TAGS .make.state
-.nse_depinfo *~ #* .#* ,* *.old *.bak *.BAK *.orig *.rej .del-*
-*.a *.o *.obj *.so *.Z *.elc *.ln core)
+quote(RCS SCCS CVS CVS.adm RCSLOG cvslog.* tags TAGS .make.state
+.nse_depinfo *~ #* .#* ,* _$* *$ *.old *.bak *.BAK *.orig *.rej
+.del-* *.a *.olb *.o *.obj *.so *.exe *.Z *.elc *.ln core .svn/)
 
 then files listed in a $HOME/.cvsignore are added to the list and any
-files listed in the CVSIGNORE environment variable (space delimited).
+files listed in the CVSIGNORE environment variable (all cvsignore names
+are delimited by whitespace).
+
+Note that these cvs-exclude rules are inserted into the the user's list
+of excludes at the point the -C/--cvs-excludes option is mentioned, so
+any other include/exclude rules that precede the option override these
+rules, and any options that are specified afterwards are overridden by
+these rules.
 
 Finally, any file is ignored if it is in the same directory as a
-.cvsignore file and matches one of the patterns listed therein.  See
-the bf(cvs(1)) manual for more information.
+.cvsignore file and matches one of the patterns listed therein.
+There is not currently a way to override an exclude rule read from
+a local .cvsignore file.
+See the bf(cvs(1)) manual for more information.
 
 dit(bf(--exclude=PATTERN)) This option allows you to selectively exclude
 certain files from the list of files to be transferred. This is most