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authorJoey Hess <joey@kodama.kitenet.net>2007-11-05 22:56:45 -0500
committerJoey Hess <joey@kodama.kitenet.net>2007-11-05 22:56:45 -0500
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@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ A quick walkthrough of using etckeeper.
cd /etc
etckeeper init
-This `etckeeper init` command initialises an /etc/.git/ repository. This
+The `etckeeper init` command initialises an /etc/.git/ repository. This
command is careful to never overwrite existing files or directories in
/etc. It will create a `.gitignore` if one doesn't already exist, sets up
git hooks if they don't already exist, and so on. It does *not* commit any
@@ -124,9 +124,9 @@ control, the sky's the limit..
## configuration
-Each etckeeper command uses `run-parts` to run the executable files in
-`/etc/etckeeper/$command.d/`. By default these directories contain a bunch of
-symlinks to the actual files; you can remove or reorder the symlinks, or
+etckeeper uses `run-parts` to run the executable files in
+`/etc/etckeeper/$command.d/`. By default these directories contain a bunch
+of symlinks to the actual files; you can remove or reorder the symlinks, or
add your own custom files. Each individual file is short, simple, and does
only one action.
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ Two blog posts provided inspiration for techniques used by etckeeper:
isisetup (http://www.isisetup.ch/) has some of the same aims as etckeeper,
however, unlike it, etckeeper does not aim to be a git porcelain with its
own set of commands for manipulating the /etc repository. Instead,
-etckeeper provides a couple of simple tools and hooks for setting up an /etc
+etckeeper provides a simple setup procedure and hooks for setting up an /etc
repsository, and then gets out of your way; you manage the repository using
regular git commands.