[[!comment format=mdwn username="https://openid.stackexchange.com/user/3ee5cf54-f022-4a71-8666-3c2b5ee231dd" nickname="Anthony DeRobertis" subject="comment 2" date="2014-12-19T21:14:30Z" content=""" It does manage to pass the ControlMaster, etc. options there, so could the ssh-options be added? Or if backwards-compatibility is a worry, another option be added for that? I guess it's possible someone would want different SSH options for bulk data transfer. It would be nice to be able to pass that `-i` option. """]]