From: Wayne Davison <wayned@samba.org>
Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2005 22:37:29 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Mention the new sorting method for protocol 29.
X-Git-Url: https://mattmccutchen.net/rsync/rsync.git/commitdiff_plain/86e97e178de98f6ea9de4200e9c28c10bc03c722

Mention the new sorting method for protocol 29.
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diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 62e9c63c..4548af15 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -220,10 +220,11 @@ Changes since 2.6.3:
       filter rules so it is positioned correctly (unlike in some older
       transfer scenarios).
 
-    - Rsync sorts the filename list in a slightly different way for some
-      rare sets of files:  it always puts a dir's contents immediately
-      after the dir in the list.  (Previously an item named "foo.txt" would
-      sort in between directory "foo" and "foo/bar".)
+    - Rsync sorts the filename list in a different way:  it sorts the
+      subdir names after the non-subdir names for each dir's contents, and
+      it always puts a dir's contents immediately after the dir's name in
+      the list.  (Previously an item named "foo.txt" would sort in between
+      directory "foo/" and "foo/bar".)
 
     - When talking to a protocol 29 rsync daemon, a list-only request
       is able to note this before the options are sent over the wire, and