feat: add rsync-compatible max-alloc limit

src/client/client_cli.c

@@ -101,6 +101,56 @@ static int parse_ull_arg(const char* val, unsigned long long* out, const char* o
   return 0;
 }
 
+static int parse_size_arg(const char* value, unsigned long long* out) {
+  if (!value || *value == '\0' || *value == '-')
+    return -1;
+  char* end;
+  errno = 0;
+  unsigned long long number = strtoull(value, &end, 10);
+  if (errno != 0 || end == value)
+    return -1;
+  unsigned long long multiplier = 1;
+  if (*end != '\0') {
+    if (end[1] != '\0')
+      return -1;
+    switch (*end) {
+    case 'b':
+    case 'B':
+      break;
+    case 'k':
+    case 'K':
+      multiplier = 1024ULL;
+      break;
+    case 'm':
+    case 'M':
+      multiplier = 1024ULL * 1024;
+      break;
+    case 'g':
+    case 'G':
+      multiplier = 1024ULL * 1024 * 1024;
+      break;
+    case 't':
+    case 'T':
+      multiplier = 1024ULL * 1024 * 1024 * 1024;
+      break;
+    case 'p':
+    case 'P':
+      multiplier = 1024ULL * 1024 * 1024 * 1024 * 1024;
+      break;
+    case 'e':
+    case 'E':
+      multiplier = 1024ULL * 1024 * 1024 * 1024 * 1024 * 1024;
+      break;
+    default:
+      return -1;
+    }
+  }
+  if (number == 0 || number > ULLONG_MAX / multiplier)
+    return -1;
+  *out = number * multiplier;
+  return 0;
+}
+
 /* Append a duplicated pattern to a growable pattern array. Returns 0 on success, -1 on error. */
 static int config_add_pattern(char*** patterns, int* count, const char* value,
                               const char* optname) {
@@ -211,6 +261,22 @@ static int apply_table_option(Config* config, const OptionEntry* entry, const ch
 int parse_args(Config* config, int argc, char* argv[], int* positional_args,
                int* positional_count) {
   for (int i = 1; i < argc; i++) {
+    if (strncmp(argv[i], "--max-alloc=", 12) == 0 || strcmp(argv[i], "--max-alloc") == 0) {
+      const char* value = strcmp(argv[i], "--max-alloc") == 0 ? "" : argv[i] + 12;
+      if (*value == '\0') {
+        if (i + 1 >= argc) {
+          log_message(LOG_LEVEL_ERROR, "missing argument for --max-alloc");
+          return -1;
+        }
+        value = argv[++i];
+      }
+      if (parse_size_arg(value, &config->max_alloc) != 0) {
+        log_message(LOG_LEVEL_ERROR,
+                    "--max-alloc must be a positive size (B, K, M, G, T, P, or E)");
+        return -1;
+      }
+      continue;
+    }
     const OptionEntry* entry = find_table_option(argv[i]);
     if (entry) {
       if (entry->kind != OPT_FLAG) {

src/client/usage.c

@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ void print_usage(void) {
   printf("  --include-from <file> Read include patterns from file\n");
   printf("  --max-size <n>      Skip files larger than n bytes\n");
   printf("  --min-size <n>      Skip files smaller than n bytes\n");
+  printf("  --max-alloc <SIZE>  Maximum single allocation (default: 1G)\n");
   printf("  --incremental       Skip files unchanged since last transfer\n");
   printf("  --delta             Delta transfer for changed files (requires --incremental)\n");
   printf("  --delta-block <n>   Delta block size in bytes (default: %d)\n",