Etckeeper
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Revision as of 21:52, 7 July 2012 by Christoph (Talk | contribs) (New page: '''<code>etckeeper</code>''' is a collection of tools to let <code>/etc</code> be stored in a git, mercurial, darcs, or bzr repository. It hooks into <code>apt</code> (and other packag...)
etckeeper is a collection of tools to let /etc be stored in a git, mercurial, darcs, or bzr repository. It hooks into apt (and other package managers including yum and pacman-g2) to automatically commit changes made to /etc during package upgrades. It tracks file metadata that revison control systems do not normally support, but that is important for /etc, such as the permissions of /etc/shadow. It is quite modular and configurable, while also being simple to use if you understand the basics of working with revision control.
etckeeper is available in git at git://git.kitenet.net/etckeeper, or in gitweb. It is usually packaged in Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, etc.
