4 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/src/luarocks/add.lua b/src/luarocks/add.lua
index 5bcd887d..f1142d2a 100644
--- a/src/luarocks/add.lua
+++ b/src/luarocks/add.lua
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ local function add_files_to_server(refresh, rockfiles, server, upload_server)
    local cmd
    if protocol == "rsync" then
       local srv, path = server_path:match("([^/]+)(/.+)")
-      cmd = cfg.variables.RSYNC.." --exclude=.git -Ocavz -e ssh "..local_cache.."/ "..user.."@"..srv..":"..path.."/"
+      cmd = cfg.variables.RSYNC.." "..cfg.variables.RSYNCFLAGS.." -e ssh "..local_cache.."/ "..user.."@"..srv..":"..path.."/"
    elseif upload_server and upload_server.sftp then
       local part1, part2 = upload_server.sftp:match("^([^/]*)/(.*)$")
       cmd = cfg.variables.SCP.." "..table.concat(files, " ").." "..user.."@"..part1..":/"..part2
diff --git a/src/luarocks/admin_remove.lua b/src/luarocks/admin_remove.lua
index 2a4152c6..d429ce59 100644
--- a/src/luarocks/admin_remove.lua
+++ b/src/luarocks/admin_remove.lua
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ local function remove_files_from_server(refresh, rockfiles, server, upload_serve
    index.make_index(local_cache)
 
    local srv, path = server_path:match("([^/]+)(/.+)")
-   local cmd = cfg.variables.RSYNC.." --exclude=.git -Ocavz --delete -e ssh "..local_cache.."/ "..user.."@"..srv..":"..path.."/"
+   local cmd = cfg.variables.RSYNC.." "..cfg.variables.RSYNCFLAGS.." --delete -e ssh "..local_cache.."/ "..user.."@"..srv..":"..path.."/"
 
    util.printout(cmd)
    fs.execute(cmd)
diff --git a/src/luarocks/cache.lua b/src/luarocks/cache.lua
index 62a6f14b..a3dfe8b1 100644
--- a/src/luarocks/cache.lua
+++ b/src/luarocks/cache.lua
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ function refresh_local_cache(server, url, user, password)
    local ok = false
    if protocol == "rsync" then
       local srv, path = server_path:match("([^/]+)(/.+)")
-      ok = fs.execute(cfg.variables.RSYNC.." --exclude=.git -Ocavz -e ssh "..user.."@"..srv..":"..path.."/ "..local_cache.."/")
+      ok = fs.execute(cfg.variables.RSYNC.." "..cfg.variables.RSYNCFLAGS.." -e ssh "..user.."@"..srv..":"..path.."/ "..local_cache.."/")
    else 
       local login_info = ""
       if user then login_info = " --user="..user end
diff --git a/src/luarocks/cfg.lua b/src/luarocks/cfg.lua
index 62c69597..8e26bb46 100644
--- a/src/luarocks/cfg.lua
+++ b/src/luarocks/cfg.lua
@@ -250,6 +250,7 @@ local defaults = {
       CMAKE = "cmake",
       SEVENZ = "7z",
 
+      RSYNCFLAGS = "--exclude=.git -Ocavz",
       STATFLAG = "-c '%a'",
    },