Always include "." when processing exclude lists. This avoids confusion

when people do --exclude "*".  Also, add an example to the man page that
shows explicitly including parent directories when itemizing specific
paths to include followed by --exclude "*".

exclude.c

@@ -160,6 +160,10 @@ int check_exclude(char *name,struct exclude_struct **local_exclude_list,
 {
 	int n;
 
+	if (name && (name[0] == '.') && !name[1])
+		/* never exclude '.', even if somebody does --exclude '*' */
+		return 0;
+
 	if (exclude_list) {
 		for (n=0; exclude_list[n]; n++)
 			if (check_one_exclude(name,exclude_list[n],st))

rsync.yo

 mailto(rsync-bugs@samba.org)
-manpage(rsync)(1)(11 Nov 1998)()()
+manpage(rsync)(1)(24 Nov 1998)()()
 manpagename(rsync)(faster, flexible replacement for rcp)
 manpagesynopsis()
 
@@ -637,7 +637,10 @@ itemize(
   it() --exclude "/foo" would exclude a file in the base directory called foo
   it() --exclude "foo/" would exclude any directory called foo
   it() --include "*/" --include "*.c" --exclude "*" would include all 
-  directories and C source files.
+  directories and C source files
+  it() --include "foo/" --include "foo/bar.c" --exclude "*" would include
+  only foo/bar.c (the foo/ directory must be explicitly included or
+  it would be excluded by the "*")
 )
 
 manpagesection(DIAGNOSTICS)

rsyncd.conf.yo

 mailto(rsync-bugs@samba.org)
-manpage(rsyncd.conf)(5)(18 Nov 1998)()()
+manpage(rsyncd.conf)(5)(24 Nov 1998)()()
 manpagename(rsyncd.conf)(configuration file for rsync server)
 manpagesynopsis()