rsync - Oct 2015 - [Bug 11544] New: doesn't copy files starting with "." in the current directory

https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11544

            Bug ID: 11544
           Summary: doesn't copy files starting with "." in the
current
                    directory
           Product: rsync
           Version: 3.1.1
          Hardware: All
                OS: Linux
            Status: NEW
          Severity: major
          Priority: P5
         Component: core
          Assignee: wayned at samba.org
          Reporter: teo8976 at gmail.com
        QA Contact: rsync-qa at samba.org

rsync -avzL --no-o --no-g ./*  user at example.org:~/path/to/folder

Expected: 
Either it should copy transfer all files in the current directory and
subdirectories recursively, including hidden files (i.e. whose name starts with
a dot) or it may omit by default all hidden files, from both the current
directory and the subdirectories, and you could use an --include rule to
explicitly include hidden files (or there may exist a dedicated option).


Observed: hidden files (whose name starts with a dot) in the current directory
are not sent. However, hidden files in all the subdirectory *are* transferred.

That's inconsistent and doesn't make any sense.

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--- Comment #1 from Kevin Korb <rsync at sanitarium.net> ---
Drop the * in your source parameter.

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--- Comment #2 from teo8976 at gmail.com ---
And could you explain how that is the expected behavior?

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--- Comment #3 from Kevin Korb <rsync at sanitarium.net> ---
Simple...
source == copy the source directory
source/ == copy the contents of the directory
source/* == copy everything that your shell globs that wildcard into.

IOW, ./* won't copy anything that "echo ./*" doesn't list. 
Having a * in there
also short-circuits --delete.

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Wayne Davison <wayned at samba.org> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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             Status|NEW                         |RESOLVED
         Resolution|---                         |INVALID

--- Comment #4 from Wayne Davison <wayned at samba.org> ---
As noted, this is because your shell expands the wildcard.

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