Rakefile

output

21:52:53 ~/tmp/remote_task
$ rake should_fail HOSTS=strato2.thinkcreate.nl
(in /home/gert/tmp/remote_task)
rsync deprecation: pass target_host:remote_path explicitly
rsync: --exclude ".git": unknown option
rsync error: syntax or usage error (code 1) at main.c(1443) [client=3.0.7]
rake aborted!
execution failed: rsync --exclude ".git" -azP --delete ./ strato2.thinkcreate.nl:/tmp

Rakefile

require 'rubygems'
require 'rake/remote_task'

desc 'rsyncs ./ => remote:/tmp'
remote_task :should_work do
  rsync('./', '/tmp')
end

desc 'rsyncs ./ => remote:/tmp'
remote_task :should_fail do
  set   :rsync_flags, ['--exclude ".git"', '-azP', '--delete']
  rsync('./', '/tmp')
end

desc 'rsyncs ./ => remote:/tmp'
remote_task :works do
  set   :rsync_flags, ['--exclude=".git"', '-azP', '--delete']
  rsync('./', '/tmp')
end