diff --git a/Mage/Command/BuiltIn/InitCommand.php b/Mage/Command/BuiltIn/InitCommand.php
index 2395b39..c26d912 100644
--- a/Mage/Command/BuiltIn/InitCommand.php
+++ b/Mage/Command/BuiltIn/InitCommand.php
@@ -73,13 +73,15 @@ class InitCommand extends AbstractCommand
 				'%notificationEnabled%',
 				'%loggingEnabled%',
 				'%maxlogs%',
+				'%ssh_needs_tty%',
 			),
 			array(
 				$projectName,
 				$notificationEmail,
 				$notificationEnabled,
 				'true',
-				30
+				30,
+				'false'
 			),
 			$this->getGeneralConfigTemplate()
     	);
@@ -98,8 +100,9 @@ class InitCommand extends AbstractCommand
                   . 'email: %notificationEmail%' . PHP_EOL
                   . 'notifications: %notificationEnabled%' . PHP_EOL
                   . 'logging: %loggingEnabled%' . PHP_EOL
-                  . 'maxlogs: %maxlogs%' . PHP_EOL;
+                  . 'maxlogs: %maxlogs%' . PHP_EOL
+                  . 'ssh_needs_tty: %ssh_needs_tty%' . PHP_EOL;
 
     	return $template;
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/Mage/Task/AbstractTask.php b/Mage/Task/AbstractTask.php
index 3f34b94..e1ea934 100644
--- a/Mage/Task/AbstractTask.php
+++ b/Mage/Task/AbstractTask.php
@@ -179,17 +179,20 @@ abstract class AbstractTask
                 $releasesDirectory = '';
 
             } else {
-                $releasesDirectory = '/'
-                                   . $this->getConfig()->release('directory', 'releases')
-                                   . '/'
+                $releasesDirectory = '/'
+                                   . $this->getConfig()->release('directory', 'releases')
+                                   . '/'
                                    . $this->getConfig()->getReleaseId();
-            }
+            }
 
         } else {
             $releasesDirectory = '';
         }
+        
+        // if general.yml includes "ssy_needs_tty: true", then add "-t" to the ssh command
+        $needs_tty = ($this->getConfig()->general('ssh_needs_tty',false) ? "-t" : "");
 
-        $localCommand = 'ssh -p ' . $this->getConfig()->getHostPort() . ' '
+        $localCommand = 'ssh ' . $needs_tty . ' -p ' . $this->getConfig()->getHostPort() . ' '
                       . '-q -o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no '
                       . $this->getConfig()->deployment('user') . '@' . $this->getConfig()->getHostName() . ' '
                       . '"cd ' . rtrim($this->getConfig()->deployment('to'), '/') . $releasesDirectory . ' && '
@@ -213,4 +216,4 @@ abstract class AbstractTask
         	return $this->runCommandLocal($command, $output);
         }
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/Mage/Task/BuiltIn/Deployment/Strategy/RsyncTask.php b/Mage/Task/BuiltIn/Deployment/Strategy/RsyncTask.php
index e1f9cca..345b404 100644
--- a/Mage/Task/BuiltIn/Deployment/Strategy/RsyncTask.php
+++ b/Mage/Task/BuiltIn/Deployment/Strategy/RsyncTask.php
@@ -30,7 +30,12 @@ class RsyncTask extends AbstractTask implements IsReleaseAware
             if ($this->getConfig()->getParameter('overrideRelease', false) == true) {
                 return 'Deploy via Rsync (with Releases override) [built-in]';
             } else {
-                return 'Deploy via Rsync (with Releases) [built-in]';
+                $rsync_copy = $this->getConfig()->deployment("rsync");
+                if ( $rsync_copy && is_array($rsync_copy) && $rsync_copy['copy'] ) {
+                    return 'Deploy via Rsync (with Releases) [built-in, incremental]';
+                } else {
+                    return 'Deploy via Rsync (with Releases) [built-in]';
+                }
             }
         } else {
                 return 'Deploy via Rsync [built-in]';
@@ -58,8 +63,8 @@ class RsyncTask extends AbstractTask implements IsReleaseAware
             '.svn',
             '.mage',
             '.gitignore',
-    		'.gitkeep',
-    		'nohup.out'
+            '.gitkeep',
+            'nohup.out'
         );
 
         // Look for User Excludes
@@ -73,7 +78,18 @@ class RsyncTask extends AbstractTask implements IsReleaseAware
             $deployToDirectory = rtrim($this->getConfig()->deployment('to'), '/')
                                . '/' . $releasesDirectory
                                . '/' . $this->getConfig()->getReleaseId();
-            $this->runCommandRemote('mkdir -p ' . $releasesDirectory . '/' . $this->getConfig()->getReleaseId());
+            $resultFetch = $this->runCommandRemote('ls -ld current | cut -d"/" -f2', $releaseToOverride);
+            
+            if ( $resultFetch ) {
+                // If deployment configuration is rsync, include a flag to simply sync the deltas between the prior release
+                // rsync: { copy: yes }
+                $rsync_copy = $this->getConfig()->deployment("rsync");
+                if ( $rsync_copy && is_array($rsync_copy) && $rsync_copy['copy'] ) {
+                    $this->runCommandRemote('cp -R ' . $releasesDirectory . '/' . $releaseToOverride . ' ' . $releasesDirectory . '/' . $this->getConfig()->getReleaseId());
+                } else {
+                    $this->runCommandRemote('mkdir -p ' . $releasesDirectory . '/' . $this->getConfig()->getReleaseId());
+                }
+            }
         }
 
         $command = 'rsync -avz '
@@ -137,4 +153,4 @@ class RsyncTask extends AbstractTask implements IsReleaseAware
         $excludesRsync = trim($excludesRsync);
         return $excludesRsync;
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}