Hello, This is a feature request for a command-line option to disable special interpretation of trailing slashes on source directories. I have been using rsync for a couple of years now (what an awesome program!) and the meaning of the trailing slash on a source is always the one aspect of its syntax that slows me down and makes me check and re-check the manual to ensure that I have remembered its behavior correctly. The likelihood of making a mistake with a trailing slash is compounded by the fact that shell completion (e.g. in bash) puts it there by default, and it was this very behavior that caused me to be a little too carefree last week and mess up a large backup. While the trailing slash is a powerful and useful feature, it also strikes me as risky to have so much power built into a single character of syntax, especially a character which usually has no special meaning in other programs. Others I have chatted with on this topic shared the same view. My feature request then, is for a command line switch to disable the special interpretation of the trailing slash on sources. A short option would be preferred. My reasoning is that it is easier to remember to always use a particular option, except in situations requiring more nuance, than it is to remember the special rule and to always check the syntax of the sources.
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