--protect-args unknown option on OS X

[grahamgilbert]

When running git fat push on OS X 10.10.3, the following error is produced:

rsync: --protect-args: unknown option
rsync error: syntax or usage error (code 1) at /SourceCache/rsync/rsync-45/rsync/main.c(1333) [client=2.6.9]

Removing --protect-args from line 379 resolves this, but I'm unfamiliar with this option so I'm not sure what the effect of this is.

[justinclift]

Which version of git fat are you using? 😄 Asking just in case you're using an older version, as I kind of remember something about the guys working on this problem for the release that was done recently.

[grahamgilbert]

The current master: https://github.com/cyaninc/git-fat/blob/develop/git_fat/git_fat.py#L379

[abraithwaite]

Yep, this is related to a change merged a while back (not this latest release though)

#35 (comment)

I'll keep this issue open, but right now the easiest and probably best thing to do if you're able to is install a later version of rsync from homebrew or macports.

[natewalck]

Would it be possible to add --protected-args based on rsync version? OS X 10.11 ships with rsync 2.6.9, which is ancient.

There was another commit on #35 that said it fixed this, but it still seems broken on master.