Use rsync dryrun (-n) with -i (or –itemize-changes) to list changed files.
$ rsync -n -i -a ./dir1 ./destdir/ cd+++++++ dir1/ >f+++++++ dir1/file1.php >f+++++++ dir1/file2.php
To get changed files as a list:
$ rsync -n -i -a ./dir1 ./destdir/ | egrep "^>f" | cut -d" " -f2
This can be useful to run php lint, etc. before pushing code to production.
