NEWS for rsync 3.0.0 (UNRELEASED)
-Protocol: 29 (unchanged)
+Protocol: 30 (changed)
Changes since 2.6.9:
BUG FIXES:
ENHANCEMENTS:
- - ...
+ - You may specify --max-delete=0 to a 3.0.0 client as long as the
+ receiving side is at least version 3.0.0. This means that you
+ can pull from an older rsync with this option, but pushing to an
+ older rsync will generate an error. *Be careful to never specify
+ a 0 value to older rsync client, or it will be silently ignored.*
INTERNAL:
bf(--recursive) option was also enabled.
dit(bf(--max-delete=NUM)) This tells rsync not to delete more than NUM
-files or directories (NUM must be non-zero).
+files or directories.
+Beginning with version 3.0.0, you may specify bf(--max-delete=0) to
+be warned about any extraneous files in the destination, but be very
+careful to never specify a 0 value to an older rsync client, or the
+option will be silently ignored. (A 3.0.0 client will die with an
+error if the remote rsync is not new enough to handle the situation.)
This is useful when mirroring very large trees to prevent disasters.
dit(bf(--max-size=SIZE)) This tells rsync to avoid transferring any