3 files changed, 13 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/commitpkg.in b/src/commitpkg.in
index e17b270..deb02be 100644
--- a/src/commitpkg.in
+++ b/src/commitpkg.in
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ fi
 
 
 server=${PACKAGING_REPO_RELEASE_HOST}
-rsyncopts=(-e ssh -p '--chmod=ug=rw,o=r' -c -h -L --progress --partial -y)
+rsyncopts=("${RSYNC_OPTS[@]}" --perms --chmod='ug=rw,o=r')
 archreleaseopts=()
 while getopts ':l:a:s:f' flag; do
 	case $flag in
diff --git a/src/lib/common.sh b/src/lib/common.sh
index 00ece97..7d04c25 100644
--- a/src/lib/common.sh
+++ b/src/lib/common.sh
@@ -31,6 +31,17 @@ export PACKAGING_REPO_RELEASE_HOST=repos.archlinux.org
 export PKGBASE_MAINTAINER_URL=https://archlinux.org/packages/pkgbase-maintainer
 export AUR_URL_SSH=aur@aur.archlinux.org
 
+export RSYNC_OPTS=(
+  --rsh=ssh
+  --checksum
+  --copy-links
+  --human-readable
+  --progress
+  --partial
+  --partial-dir=.partial
+  --delay-updates
+)
+
 # ensure TERM is set with a fallback to dumb
 export TERM=${TERM:-dumb}
 
diff --git a/src/offload-build.in b/src/offload-build.in
index 7a8c1fd..b272a74 100644
--- a/src/offload-build.in
+++ b/src/offload-build.in
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ fi
 repo=extra
 arch=x86_64
 server=build.archlinux.org
-rsyncopts=(-e ssh -c -h -L --progress --partial -y)
+rsyncopts=("${RSYNC_OPTS[@]}")
 
 usage() {
     cat <<- _EOF_