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Add report for Nicolas Fischer (rsync)

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projects/projects_2024-25/report-nicolas-fischer.md

+# Contributing to an open source project: rsync
+
+| **Author**              | Nicolas Fischer                                           |
+| ----------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------- |
+| **Date**                | 2024-10-28                                                |
+| **NOMA**                | 6529-20-00                                                |
+| **Academic Year**       | 2024-2025                                                 |
+| **Open Source Project** | [rsync](https://github.com/RsyncProject/rsync)            |
+| **Pull request made**   | [pr#656](https://github.com/RsyncProject/rsync/pull/656)  |
+| **License**             | [GPLv3](https://github.com/RsyncProject/rsync) |
+
+## Project: `rsync`
+
+`rsync` is a widely used open-source utility for fast file transfer and
+synchronization. It can transfer files from one directory to another, whether on the
+same disk or to another network computer, either using a rsync daemon or via a remote
+shell like SSH. Known for its robustness and efficient file handling, `rsync` is
+particularly effective for large data transfers. By comparing files and transferring
+only the differences, it minimizes the amount of data sent over the network. This makes
+rsync a go-to solution for local and remote backups, as well as for file and directory
+mirroring and synchronization.
+
+### About the project
+
+`rsync` is an old software, created by two researchers in 1996. So, many things take 
+place via a mailing list, which looks more active than Github.
+
+Github reports 46 contributors, 337 forks and 2.9k stars.
+
+Releases are managed by one person, Wayne Davison. He is supported by another,
+Andrew Tridgell.
+
+## My contribution
+
+I modified the source code to include `--` (the CLI option parse terminator) between
+the remote shell command and before any `rsync` commands, changing the generated
+command from:
+
+```sh
+<rsh> [opts] <destination> rsync [opts] src dst
+```
+
+to:
+
+```sh
+<rsh> [opts] <destination> -- rsync [opts] src dst
+```
+
+Effectively, this means that the remote shell will stop processing anything after `--`
+and treat the rest as the command to send over the remote shell.
+
+## Motivation
+
+I chose to contribute to `rsync` because it was missing a feature I would like to have.
+As a tool I use regularly and extensively, I strive to ensure it is compatible with
+modern standards and modern remote shells.
+
+## Challenges
+
+As with any change in a world-spanning software, modifications should be as backwards
+compatible as possible to ensure a smooth transition. I could put this issue to rest
+as this convention was created by a very old C library, `getopts()`.
+
+The current challenge is to get the attention of the maintainers.