Docment that --max-delete=0 now works.

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Wayne Davison committed 2006-11-11 05:09:22 +00:00
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NEWS for rsync 3.0.0 (UNRELEASED)
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Changes since 2.6.9:
BUG FIXES:
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ENHANCEMENTS:
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- 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:
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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