- Wire: config frame gains report_deletes (protocol 2.26.0 -> 2.27.0); the
receiver lists actually-removed paths in the STATUS_STATS path list, so the
sender prints rsync's `deleting PATH` / `*deleting PATH` lines for a real
--delete run (and -i/out-format). Observers threaded through the manifest,
missing-args and per-directory delete engines; golden wire len/hash updated.
- bwlimit: throttle now paces like rsync 3.4.1 -- ~100ms burst capacity and the
sleep is no longer credited as refill, so 4 MiB at 1024/2048 KiB/s matches
rsync within ~4% (was ~2x too fast).
- --delete-delay: count/track only entries actually removed; a directory
refilled before commit (ENOTEMPTY) no longer inflates Number of deleted
files or the --max-delete budget (unit + integration + rsync differential).
- --stats: per-type Number of files breakdown; only stored regular files
count as transferred; transferred/literal byte totals and Total file size
(symlink target lengths) now match rsync for whole-file transfers.
- --progress: print the leading ./ root line and include the root entry in
the to-chk denominator (single-file output byte-identical to rsync).
- --out-format %C: use the selected transfer checksum and render every
algorithm exactly like rsync; checksum_digest_file gains md4/sha1/none.
Reclassify --out-format to Divergent (protocol-specific %b/delta-%c).
- Docs: RSYNC_COMPAT tally 107/25/24, HANDOFF update. No wire change.
Add real implementations for the rsync 3.4.1 checksum and compression
breadth: a self-contained MD4 (RFC 1320), OpenSSL-backed SHA1, a
no-digest mode, and LZ4/zlib codecs alongside zstd. Compressed buffers
are now self-describing (a leading codec id), so every existing
decompression call site keeps working through a process-global codec
selection. zlibx shares the zlib codec because FastSync compresses only
delta/token bytes (never matched file data), matching the 'x' intent.
Stream one delete plan per source directory from sender to receiver instead of
a single whole-tree keep-set manifest:
- --delete-during applies each directory's extras as its plan arrives, before
that directory's data (rsync's generator-order deletion).
- --delete-delay snapshots each directory's extras while the plan arrives and
commits the removals only after a fully-successful transfer, so files created
after the scan survive (matching rsync's delete-delay, not delete-after).
- Type conflicts (a destination file blocking a source directory, or vice
versa) are cleared immediately in both modes, so the nested write succeeds.
The plan carries the destination-relative directory, its kept child directory
names and its kept child file names; the first frame also carries the global
protected prefixes, size-skipped prefixes and --delete-missing-args paths.
--delete-before keeps the existing whole-tree early manifest; plain --delete and
--delete-after keep the end-of-transfer manifest commit.
Preserves the existing safety surface: protected/size-skipped prefixes and the
--delay-updates/basis skips are honored at any depth, deletion is scoped to the
synchronized directories (--files-from), MAX_SERVER_DELETE_COUNT and
--max-delete (partial + exit 25) are shared across plans, symlinks are never
followed, and paths are confined to the receive root.
#291:
- Compile --exclude/--include/--exclude-from/--include-from into the SAME
ordered rule list as --filter/-f (first match wins), so the common
`--include='*.txt' --exclude='*'` idiom and include-alone semantics match
rsync. The legacy per-kind scanner arrays are no longer applied.
- -x/--one-file-system emits the cross-device mount-point directory entry
(empty) instead of dropping it, in both the sequential and parallel scanners.
- Stop passing the legacy arrays to the scanner; document -f is --filter.
#292:
- New src/shared/format.c/.h: rsync "big_num" (comma-grouped integers) and
decimal -h human sizes, %M/%t timestamp, and the STATUS_DEST_INFO codec.
- Receiver answers each STATUS_CHECK with a pre-transfer destination snapshot
(new report_dest_info wire field + STATUS_DEST_INFO, PROTOCOL_VERSION
2.23.0) so the sender can render true itemize columns.
- Itemize now emits rsync-correct update/type chars and c/s/t/p/o/g columns
for files, dirs, symlinks and hard links, comparing size/time/perms/owner/
group against the reported destination.
- --out-format gains %i %n %f %l %b %M %t %o %p %B %U %G %L; %f is the
relative display path, %M the YYYY/MM/DD-HH:MM:SS form, %b the literal
bytes sent.
- --list-only prints transfer-relative names, directory entries and ls-style
grouped sizes.
- --stats prints rsync's multi-line block on stdout; -h uses decimal units.
Tests: unit tests for the filter ordering, format primitives, itemize
columns; integration + differential tests against real rsync 3.4.1 for
itemize/out-format/list-only/selection and -x. Golden wire len/hash and
protocol version strings updated for 2.23.0.
Split FastSync's single use_metadata bundle into four independent rsync-parity attributes: preserve_perms, preserve_times, preserve_owner, preserve_group. use_metadata is now a derived transport bit (config_derived_use_metadata).
CLI: real -p/--perms, -t/--times, -o/--owner, -g/--group plus --no-perms/--no-times/--no-owner/--no-group (short and long) and --no-preserve; -a is now rsync -rlptgoD; --preserve = -pt; -A implies -p; -X does not; --chmod implies -p; --usermap/--groupmap/--chown imply owner/group per side; --incremental/--delta still auto-preserve unless negated.
Receiver: per-attribute FileAttrPolicy gating for files, dirs (modes applied at end of transfer), symlinks and specials; rsync -E read-bit rule; new files get source_mode & ~umask sanitized (no group/other write); per-side identity resolution; deferred directory metadata; batch dir-metadata replay; daemon modules without 'client owner = yes' no longer refuse plain -a but force super off (no ownership) with a warning.
Wire: PROTOCOL_VERSION 2.21.0 -> 2.22.0 (four appended config bools, golden 653 / 95530566005420798). FileMetadata/chunk/batch framing unchanged. Docs/CHANGELOG/CMake updated to 2.22.0.
Today a server rejection sends a bare STATUS_ERROR and the reason only
reaches the server log, so the client cannot say why a transfer was
refused. Add an optional, bounded server->client error-detail frame:
- Status gains STATUS_ERROR_DETAIL appended LAST so existing wire
values are unchanged.
- send_error_detail(fd, msg) sends STATUS_ERROR_DETAIL followed by the
existing length-prefixed string primitive, slicing over-long messages
to MAX_ERROR_DETAIL_BYTES (4096).
- receive_status() (and the timed/keepalive status readers) always
consume the detail body and map the status back to STATUS_ERROR,
capturing the text into a thread-local buffer exposed by
protocol_last_error(); a bare STATUS_ERROR leaves it cleared. Every
existing call site keeps working and the stream cannot desync.
- Upgrade the daemon module gate / config validation (config.c), the
final transfer failure (server.c) and receiver-side path/node
validation (file_receive.c) to send a concrete reason; surface it on
the client in client_send.c/config.c.
- Bump PROTOCOL_VERSION to 2.21.0 (CMake VERSION, CHANGELOG, docs) and
update the pinned config wire golden hash / CLI-version tests.
- Add tests/test_protocol_error.c covering mapping+capture, the
over-long bound, bare-error clearing, and thread-locality.
The daemon forks one child per accepted connection, so per-module and
per-source accounting must live in state shared across the children. Add a
fixed-size registry carved from an anonymous shared mapping
(mmap(MAP_SHARED|MAP_ANONYMOUS)) created before the accept loop: a slot
lifecycle (FREE/CLAIMED/REGISTERED) with parent claim/reclaim and a
lock-free, open-addressed per-source table for the per-host occupancy and
the shared auth-failure counter. C11 atomics only; no pthread locks across
fork.
Unit tests cover slot exhaustion, the module/host caps, pid reclaim and
fork-shared visibility.
- Protocol version 2.19.0 (SCRAM-SHA-256 daemon auth replacing the replayable digest)
- Salted PBKDF2 verifier store + --hash-credentials; legacy store hard-rejected
- Persistent anti-enumeration dummy key (<store>.dummykey)
- Verified TLS / opted-in loopback transport required for auth modules
- Secret wiping; carried-over hardening from the security phases
- Add CHANGELOG.md and set the CMake project version
Implement rsync-style itemized output backed by one shared change-event
engine (src/client/change_list.c):
- -i/--itemize-changes prints ">f+++++++++ <path>" for files actually sent
(single-threaded and -m); unchanged files print nothing.
- --list-only prints an ls-style listing of files that would be transferred
without contacting the server or writing anything.
- --out-format=FORMAT prints a printf-style template per changed file
(tokens %%f %%n %%l %%b %%M %%%%; unknown escapes preserved).
- --log-file-format=FMT logs each transferred file when --log-file is set.
Events are emitted from the per-file sender path shared by both transfer
modes, so the single sender thread is the only reporter (no races).
- Fix memory leak in delta_deserialize() on BLOCK_MATCH error path
- Fix memory leak on malloc failure for literal data
- Add port range validation (1-65535) for -p/--port and --server-port
- Restore -V/--version flag with usage text
- Use MAX_DATA_PAYLOAD_SIZE consistently (remove local MAX_DATA_SIZE)
- Fix integer truncation in config_send/config_receive for delta_block_size
- Add log messages for malloc failures
- Extract config_set_defaults() helper to eliminate duplication
- Add 10 new CLI tests for argument parsing
Add Tier 1 review automation to catch issues before human review:
- Add cppcheck and clang-format to CI lint job
- Add sanitizer matrix (ASan + TSan) CI job
- Enable -Wextra -Wpedantic -Werror in CI build
- Add SANITIZER and STRICT_WARNINGS CMake options
- Add .clang-format for consistent code style
- Update Dockerfile with cppcheck and clang-format
- Fix sign-compare and unused-parameter warnings for -Werror
Remove 7490-line vendored xxhash.h, use FetchContent to pull xxHash v0.8.3
at CMake configure time (SOURCE_SUBDIR cmake_unofficial). Links as static
library via the xxhash target.
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