Make what you will of it. I am more likely to phrase it as "Why? rsync works just fine" than ""I wanted the same thing and I chose to solve it with rsync with t

Make what you will of it. I am more likely to phrase it as "Why? rsync works just fine" than ""I wanted the same thing and I chose to solve it with rsync with the following alias / script". FWIW, as far as being educational goes, your phrasing says the same thing with padding. Also, "how" matters only when I have "why" answered. If it isn't mentioned on the project page, or I skim too fast to grasp it, "why" would be the first thing on my mind.