synced_folders/rsync: rsync__chown [GH-3810]

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ BUG FIXES:
   - guests/freebsd: Properly register the rsync_pre capability
   - guests/windows: Certain executed provisioners won't leave output
       and exit status behind. [GH-3729]
+  - synced\_folders/rsync: `rsync__chown` can be set to `false` to
+      disable recursive chown after sync. [GH-3810]
 
 ## 1.6.2 (May 12, 2014)
 

plugins/guests/darwin/cap/rsync.rb

@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@ module VagrantPlugins
         end
 
         def self.rsync_post(machine, opts)
+          if opts.has_key?(:chown) && !opts[:chown]
+            return
+          end
+
           machine.communicate.sudo(
             "find '#{opts[:guestpath]}' '(' ! -user #{opts[:owner]} -or ! -group #{opts[:group]} ')' -print0 | " +
             "xargs -0 -r chown #{opts[:owner]}:#{opts[:group]}")

plugins/guests/freebsd/cap/rsync.rb

@@ -23,6 +23,10 @@ module VagrantPlugins
         end
 
         def self.rsync_post(machine, opts)
+          if opts.has_key?(:chown) && !opts[:chown]
+            return
+          end
+
           machine.communicate.sudo(
             "find '#{opts[:guestpath]}' '(' ! -user #{opts[:owner]} -or ! -group #{opts[:group]} ')' -print0 | " +
             "xargs -0 -r chown #{opts[:owner]}:#{opts[:group]}")

plugins/guests/linux/cap/rsync.rb

@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@ module VagrantPlugins
         end
 
         def self.rsync_post(machine, opts)
+          if opts.has_key?(:chown) && !opts[:chown]
+            return
+          end
+
           machine.communicate.sudo(
             "find '#{opts[:guestpath]}' " +
             "'!' -type l -a " +

website/docs/source/v2/synced-folders/rsync.html.md

@@ -45,6 +45,11 @@ The rsync synced folder type accepts the following options:
 * `rsync__auto` (boolean) - If false, then `rsync-auto` will not
   watch and automatically sync this folder. By default, this is true.
 
+* `rsync__chown` (boolean) - If false, then the `owner` and `group`
+  options for the synced folder are ignored and Vagrant won't execute
+  a recursive `chown`. This defaults to true. This option exists because
+  the `chown` causes issues for some development environments.
+
 * `rsync__exclude` (string or array of strings) - A list of files or directories
   to exclude from the sync. The values can be any acceptable rsync exclude
   pattern. By default, the ".vagrant/" directory is excluded. We recommend