rsync - Jan 2011 - DO NOT REPLY [Bug 7927] New: Rsync does not sync folders named "tags"

https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=7927

           Summary: Rsync does not sync folders named "tags"
           Product: rsync
           Version: 3.0.3
          Platform: x86
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: NEW
          Severity: major
          Priority: P3
         Component: core
        AssignedTo: wayned at samba.org
        ReportedBy: bugzilla at abruti.org
         QAContact: rsync-qa at samba.org


All is in the subject.
An example below, on stable debian.

Regards,
Antony


[0]root at debian-lenny32:/tmp # tree
.
|-- a
|   |-- file2
|   |-- file3
|   |-- logs
|   |   `-- log1
|   `-- tags
|       `-- file1
|-- b
`-- rsync_exclude.txt

4 directories, 5 files
[0]root at debian-lenny32:/tmp # cat rsync_exclude.txt
/logs
[0]root at debian-lenny32:/tmp # rsync  -azC --force --delete --progress
--exclude-from=rsync_exclude.txt a/ b
sending incremental file list
./
file2
           2 100%    0.00kB/s    0:00:00 (xfer#1, to-check=1/3)
file3
           2 100%    1.95kB/s    0:00:00 (xfer#2, to-check=0/3)

sent 142 bytes  received 53 bytes  390.00 bytes/sec
total size is 4  speedup is 0.02
[0]root at debian-lenny32:/tmp # tree
.
|-- a
|   |-- file2
|   |-- file3
|   |-- logs
|   |   `-- log1
|   `-- tags
|       `-- file1
|-- b
|   |-- file2
|   `-- file3
`-- rsync_exclude.txt

4 directories, 7 files


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------- Comment #1 from paul at debian.org  2011-01-20 06:06 CST -------
You do understand the implications of all the command line switches you're
passing to rsync, right? Quoting from the manpage:

-C, --cvs-exclude
       This is a useful shorthand for excluding a broad range of  files
       that you often don't want to transfer between systems. It uses a
       similar algorithm to CVS  to  determine  if  a  file  should  be
       ignored.

       The  exclude  list is initialized to exclude the following items
       (these initial items are marked as perishable -- see the  FILTER
       RULES section):

              RCS   SCCS   CVS   CVS.adm   RCSLOG  cvslog.*  tags  TAGS
              .make.state .nse_depinfo *~ #* .#* ,* _$* *$ *.old  *.bak
              *.BAK  *.orig *.rej .del-* *.a *.olb *.o *.obj *.so *.exe
              *.Z *.elc *.ln core .svn/ .git/ .bzr/

[...]

As you can see, "tags" is included in the list of things to exclude
when using
-C, hence rsync is working exactly the way you asked it to.


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matt at mattmccutchen.net changed:

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             Status|NEW                         |RESOLVED
         Resolution|                            |INVALID




------- Comment #2 from matt at mattmccutchen.net  2011-01-20 06:49 CST -------
Thanks, Paul.


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------- Comment #3 from bugzilla at abruti.org  2011-01-20 08:03 CST -------
Sorry if you had a sad morning Paul !

I do not read rsync manual each day of my life. 
I should read it each time I have a problem, my fault.
I should read it each time I have a problem, my fault.
I should read it each time I have a problem, my fault.
I should read it each time I have a problem, my fault.
I should read it each time I have a problem, my fault.
I should read it each time I have a problem, my fault.
...

Regards,
Antony


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------- Comment #4 from wayned at samba.org  2011-01-20 10:08 CST -------
I'll also mention that you can ask rsync to include directories named
"tags"
via --include=tags/ and it will then only exclude files named "tags"
(via -C).
The rules injected by -C come at the end of the rules (by default) so, any
exclude/include rules you specify will override -C rules.


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> ------- Comment #3 from bugzilla at abruti.org  2011-01-20 08:03 CST  
> -------
> Sorry if you had a sad morning Paul !
>
> I do not read rsync manual each day of my life.
> I should read it each time I have a problem, my fault.
> I should read it each time I have a problem, my fault.
> I should read it each time I have a problem, my fault.
> I should read it each time I have a problem, my fault.
> I should read it each time I have a problem, my fault.
> I should read it each time I have a problem, my fault.
> ...
You know, you could extend that to a 70+ page book, complete with  
misspellings, and self publish the result ...