rsync - Jul 2009 - are new directories created inside the partial dir?

When --partial-dir is used rsync creates new or updated files inside a
temporary dir. For example the new version of some/path/file is
created in some/path/<partial-dir-name>/file and later moved.

What happens if a new directory is created? If
some/path/newdir/newfile is to be copied, is it done in
some/path/<partial-dir-name>/newdir/<partial-dir-name>/newfile? Or
is
newdir created immediately and the temporary put in
some/path/newdir/<partial-dir-name>/newfile?

What happens if a directory already exists but its timestamp and/or
permissions changed? I suppose partial-dir isn't used in this case, or
is it?

Carlos Carvalho (carlos at fisica.ufpr.br) wrote on 13 July 2009 20:08:
 >When --partial-dir is used rsync creates new or updated files inside a
 >temporary dir. For example the new version of some/path/file is
 >created in some/path/<partial-dir-name>/file and later moved.
 >
 >What happens if a new directory is created? If
 >some/path/newdir/newfile is to be copied, is it done in
 >some/path/<partial-dir-name>/newdir/<partial-dir-name>/newfile?
Or is
 >newdir created immediately and the temporary put in
 >some/path/newdir/<partial-dir-name>/newfile?
 >
 >What happens if a directory already exists but its timestamp and/or
 >permissions changed? I suppose partial-dir isn't used in this case, or
 >is it?