On the case `an identical item replaces the dots with spaces' for `--itemize-changes'.

[Steven Levine]

In <mgsrba$r6q$6 at ger.gmane.org>, on 04/18/15
   at 05:50 AM, Hongyi Zhao <hongyi.zhao at gmail.com> said:

Hi,

>        are: (1) a newly created item replaces each letter with  a  "+",
>        (2)  an identical item replaces the dots with spaces, and (3) an
>        unknown attribute replaces each letter with a "?" (this can hap 
>        pen when talking to an older rsync).

>But, I cann't figure out the case for the `(2)  an identical item 
>replaces the dots with spaces'.

I'm pretty sure (2) only occurs when --itemize-changes is specified twice. 
This instructs rsync to list every item it examines even if it does not
need to be updated.

Steven

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