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fix: state the rsync 3.1 requirement and detect an incapable rsync - #13
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The docs promised only that
rsyncmust be on your$PATH. Since macOS 15.4/usr/bin/rsyncis openrsync, which has no--itemize-changesand no--info, so the preview and progress bar have no flag to run; it accepts--link-destbut reportedly does not hardlink reliably, leaving snapshots silently storing full copies.lazyrsync now warns once when the rsync it finds is older than 3.1 — command log at startup, stderr before a headless run. It warns rather than refuses, since plain transfers may still work. The floor is 3.1 because
--info=progress2arrived in 3.1.0.settings.tomlgainsrsync_pathto pick the binary, for Macs whose$PATHprefers openrsync and for cron.Not verified on macOS hardware — openrsync's behaviour here comes from its source, so the check keys on the version banner, not the flag list.
fmt,clippy, 104 tests clean.