From 9f9569ad6fb8efec0787f179ceea2637b14f7e47 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Nick Craig-Wood Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2026 11:59:20 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] docs: note that --use-server-modtime only works on some backends Closes #6977 --- docs/content/docs.md | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/content/docs.md b/docs/content/docs.md index abe735760..79db295b8 100644 --- a/docs/content/docs.md +++ b/docs/content/docs.md @@ -2961,6 +2961,10 @@ knowing the local file is newer than the time it was last uploaded to the remote is sufficient. In those cases, this flag can speed up the process and reduce the number of API calls necessary. +This flag is only supported on certain backends and will be silently +ignored on unsupported backends. Supported backends include +`azureblob`, `oracleobjectstorage`, `s3`, `swift`. + Using this flag on a sync operation without also using `--update` would cause all files modified at any time other than the last upload time to be uploaded again, which is probably not what you want.