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 NEWS for rsync 3.1.0 (UNRELEASED)
 Protocol: 31 (changed)
 Changes since 3.0.4:

   OUTPUT CHANGES:

     - Output numbers in 3-digit groups by default (e.g. 1,234,567).  See the
       --human-readable option for a way to turn it off.  See also the daemon's
       "log format" parameter and related command-line options (including
       --out-format) for a modifier that can be used to request digit-grouping
       or human-readable output in log escapes. (Note that log output is
       unchanged by default.)

     - The output of the --progress option has changed:  the string "xfer" was
       shortened to "xfr", and the string "to-check" was shortened to "to-chk",
       both designed to make room for the (by default) wider display of file
       size numbers without making the total line-length longer.  Also, when
       incremental recursion is enabled, the string "ir-chk" will be used
       instead of "to-chk" up until the incremental-recursion scan is done,
       letting you know that the value to check and the total value will still
       be increasing as new files are found.

   BUG FIXES:

     - Changed the way --progress overwrites its prior output in order to make
       it nearly impossible for the progress to get overwritten by an error.

     - An absolute-path filter rule (i.e. with a '/' modifier) no longer loses
       its modifier when sending the filter rules to the remote rsync.

   ENHANCEMENTS:

     - Added the --remote-option=OPT (-M OPT) command-line option that is useful
       for things like sending a remote --log-file=FILE or --fake-super option.

     - Added the --info=FLAGS and --debug=FLAGS options to allow finer-grained
       control over what is output.  Added an extra type of --progress output
       using --info=progress2.

     - Added the --delete-missing-args and --ignore-missing-args options to
       either delete or ignore user-specified files on the receiver that are
       missing on the sender (normally the absence of user-specified files
       generates an error).

     - Added a "T" (terabyte) category to the --human-readable size suffixes.

     - Enhanced the --stats output: 1) to mention how many files were created
       (protocol >= 28), 2) to mention how many files were deleted (new for
       protocol 31), and 3) to follow the file-count, created-count, and
       deleted-count with a break-out list of each count by type.

     - Added the --usermap/--groupmap/--chown options for manipulating file
       ownership during the copy.

     - Added the "%C" escape to the log-output handling, which will output the
       MD5 checksum of any transferred file, or all files if --checksum was
       specified (when protocol 30 or above is in effect).

     - Added the "reverse lookup" parameter to the rsync daemon config file to
       allow reverse-DNS lookups to be disabled.

     - Added a way for supplementary groups to be specified in the rsyncd.conf
       file.  Also made explicitly-set uid/gid values no longer ignored by a
       daemon that was not run by a super-user.

     - When replacing a non-dir with a symlink/hard-link/device/special-file,
       the update should now be done in an atomic manner.

     - When backing up a file, try to hard-link the file into place so that the
       upcoming replacement of the destination file will be atomic.

   EXTRAS:

     - Added an "instant-rsyncd" script to the support directory, which makes
       it easy to configure a simple rsync daemon in the current directory.

     - Added the "mapfrom" and "mapto" scripts to the support directory, which
       makes it easier to do user/group mapping in a local transfer based on
       passwd/group files from another machine.

   DEVELOPER RELATED:

     - The filter code received some refactoring to make it more extendable, to
       read better, and do better sanity checking.

     - Added more conditional debug output.

     - Really big numbers are now output using our own big-num routine rather
       than casting them to a double and using a %.0f conversion.

     - The pool_alloc library has received some minor improvements in alignment
       handling.

     - Added init_stat_x() function to avoid duplication of acl/xattr init code.
	NEWS for rsync 3.1.0 (UNRELEASED)
	Protocol: 31 (changed)
	Changes since 3.0.4:

	OUTPUT CHANGES:

	- Output numbers in 3-digit groups by default (e.g. 1,234,567). See the
	--human-readable option for a way to turn it off. See also the daemon's
	"log format" parameter and related command-line options (including
	--out-format) for a modifier that can be used to request digit-grouping
	or human-readable output in log escapes. (Note that log output is
	unchanged by default.)

	- The output of the --progress option has changed: the string "xfer" was
	shortened to "xfr", and the string "to-check" was shortened to "to-chk",
	both designed to make room for the (by default) wider display of file
	size numbers without making the total line-length longer. Also, when
	incremental recursion is enabled, the string "ir-chk" will be used
	instead of "to-chk" up until the incremental-recursion scan is done,
	letting you know that the value to check and the total value will still
	be increasing as new files are found.

	BUG FIXES:

	- Changed the way --progress overwrites its prior output in order to make
	it nearly impossible for the progress to get overwritten by an error.

	- An absolute-path filter rule (i.e. with a '/' modifier) no longer loses
	its modifier when sending the filter rules to the remote rsync.

	ENHANCEMENTS:

	- Added the --remote-option=OPT (-M OPT) command-line option that is useful
	for things like sending a remote --log-file=FILE or --fake-super option.

	- Added the --info=FLAGS and --debug=FLAGS options to allow finer-grained
	control over what is output. Added an extra type of --progress output
	using --info=progress2.

	- Added the --delete-missing-args and --ignore-missing-args options to
	either delete or ignore user-specified files on the receiver that are
	missing on the sender (normally the absence of user-specified files
	generates an error).

	- Added a "T" (terabyte) category to the --human-readable size suffixes.

	- Enhanced the --stats output: 1) to mention how many files were created
	(protocol >= 28), 2) to mention how many files were deleted (new for
	protocol 31), and 3) to follow the file-count, created-count, and
	deleted-count with a break-out list of each count by type.

	- Added the --usermap/--groupmap/--chown options for manipulating file
	ownership during the copy.

	- Added the "%C" escape to the log-output handling, which will output the
	MD5 checksum of any transferred file, or all files if --checksum was
	specified (when protocol 30 or above is in effect).

	- Added the "reverse lookup" parameter to the rsync daemon config file to
	allow reverse-DNS lookups to be disabled.

	- Added a way for supplementary groups to be specified in the rsyncd.conf
	file. Also made explicitly-set uid/gid values no longer ignored by a
	daemon that was not run by a super-user.

	- When replacing a non-dir with a symlink/hard-link/device/special-file,
	the update should now be done in an atomic manner.

	- When backing up a file, try to hard-link the file into place so that the
	upcoming replacement of the destination file will be atomic.

	EXTRAS:

	- Added an "instant-rsyncd" script to the support directory, which makes
	it easy to configure a simple rsync daemon in the current directory.

	- Added the "mapfrom" and "mapto" scripts to the support directory, which
	makes it easier to do user/group mapping in a local transfer based on
	passwd/group files from another machine.

	DEVELOPER RELATED:

	- The filter code received some refactoring to make it more extendable, to
	read better, and do better sanity checking.

	- Added more conditional debug output.

	- Really big numbers are now output using our own big-num routine rather
	than casting them to a double and using a %.0f conversion.

	- The pool_alloc library has received some minor improvements in alignment
	handling.

	- Added init_stat_x() function to avoid duplication of acl/xattr init code.