/tmp $ mkdir src tgt
/tmp $ cd src/
/tmp/src $ touch .test{1,2,3}
/tmp/src $ ls -la
total 0
drwxr-xr-x   5 user  wheel  170 18 Aug 15:02 .
drwxrwxrwt  11 root       wheel  374 18 Aug 15:02 ..
-rw-r--r--   1 user  wheel    0 18 Aug 15:02 .test1
-rw-r--r--   1 user  wheel    0 18 Aug 15:02 .test2
-rw-r--r--   1 user  wheel    0 18 Aug 15:02 .test3

/tmp/src $ cd ..
/tmp $ rsync -avh --delete --progress src/.??* tgt
building file list ...
3 files to consider
.test1
           0 100%    0.00kB/s    0:00:00 (xfer#1, to-check=2/3)
.test2
           0 100%    0.00kB/s    0:00:00 (xfer#2, to-check=1/3)
.test3
           0 100%    0.00kB/s    0:00:00 (xfer#3, to-check=0/3)

sent 209 bytes  received 86 bytes  590.00 bytes/sec
total size is 0  speedup is 0.00
/tmp $ ls -la tgt/
total 0
drwxr-xr-x   5 user  wheel  170 18 Aug 15:03 .
drwxrwxrwt  11 root       wheel  374 18 Aug 15:02 ..
-rw-r--r--   1 user  wheel    0 18 Aug 15:02 .test1
-rw-r--r--   1 user  wheel    0 18 Aug 15:02 .test2
-rw-r--r--   1 user  wheel    0 18 Aug 15:02 .test3

/tmp $ rm -rf src/.test1
/tmp $ ls -la src/
total 0
drwxr-xr-x   4 user  wheel  136 18 Aug 15:03 .
drwxrwxrwt  11 root       wheel  374 18 Aug 15:02 ..
-rw-r--r--   1 user  wheel    0 18 Aug 15:02 .test2
-rw-r--r--   1 user  wheel    0 18 Aug 15:02 .test3
/tmp $ rsync -avh --delete --progress src/.??* tgt
building file list ...
2 files to consider

sent 75 bytes  received 20 bytes  190.00 bytes/sec
total size is 0  speedup is 0.00
/tmp $ ls -la tgt/
total 0
drwxr-xr-x   5 user  wheel  170 18 Aug 15:03 .
drwxrwxrwt  11 root       wheel  374 18 Aug 15:02 ..
-rw-r--r--   1 user  wheel    0 18 Aug 15:02 .test1
-rw-r--r--   1 user  wheel    0 18 Aug 15:02 .test2
-rw-r--r--   1 user  wheel    0 18 Aug 15:02 .test3