Minimize rsync's default arguments

[salbeira]

We currently have two ways to configure decker publish.

One old way where parameters for rsync were not configurable and a new way where this is possible.

Right now several arguments for rsync are hard coded inside the decker publish call.

This creates extra headaches if you want to adapt the decker publish command for new environments.

In our discussion we came to the conclusion that the truly required arguments are --recursive, --copy-links and --delete.

Should the "old" way of using decker publish even be documented? Is it anywhere? The user-guide currently documents the new way if I interpret it correctly.

[marcerich]

No sure what yo mean by hard-coded in this case since Henrik made this configurable some years ago. For me it, e.g., look slike this in the decker.yaml:

publish:
  rsync:
    destination: marc@mybelovedendpoint.uni-wuerzburg.de:/mnt/hci/lectures/ss23/icg
    options:
      - --rsync-path="sudo rsync"
      - -rv
      - --no-perms
      - --stats 
      - --progress

Marc

[salbeira]

The default arguments right now are:

--recursive --no-group --perms --chmod=a+r, go-w --no-owner --copy-links found in External.hs

[monofon]

@marcerich , @mbotsch please update your local decker.yaml files in case you set your own rsync options.