but --detect-renamed fixes it.This did not work: # rsync -SHa --detect-renamed /etc/motd /var/tmp rsync: --detect-renamed: unknown option
rsync 3.0.9 FreeBSD ports with option "enable detect renamed" it uses rsync-patches-3.0.9.tar.gzin addition to main source. patch for renaming files detection (and many others) are there. it is available from rsync site
http://rsync.samba.org/ftp/rsync/rsync-patches-3.0.9.tar.gz