From 3a5a7de6c91a1943f2a264a1606450e3a7f0c295 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Wayne Davison Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2006 07:39:53 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Mention hard-link memory savings and byte-transfer savings. --- NEWS | 10 ++++++++++ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+) diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 2ff0635f..db03fc11 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -34,6 +34,16 @@ Changes since 2.6.9: older rsync will generate an error. *Be sure to never specify a 0 value to an older rsync client, or it will be silently ignored.* + - The --hard-link option now uses less memory on both the sending and + receiving side for all protocol versions. For protocol 30, the use + of a hashtable on the sending side allows us to more efficiently + convey to the receiver what files are linked together. This reduces + the amount of data sent over the socket by a considerable margin, and + moves the in-memory storage of the device+inode information from the + receiving side (for protocols < 30) to the sending side (note that + older rsync versions kept the device+inode information on both + sides). + INTERNAL: - Added some isType() functions that make dealing with signed characters -- 2.34.1