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@@ -92,11 +92,17 @@ installing or upgrading packages will automatically be committed. Here You can use any git commands you like, but do keep in mind that, if you check out a different branch or an old version, git is operating directly -on your system's /etc. Often it's better to clone /etc to elsewhere and do -potentially dangerous stuff in a staging directory. You can clone the -repository using git-clone, but be careful that the directory it's cloned -into starts out mode 700, to prevent anyone else from seeing files like -shadow, before `etckeeper init` fixes their permissions: +on your system's /etc. But if you do decide to check out a branch or tag, +make sure you run "etckeeper init" again, to get any metadata changes: + + git checkout april_first_joke_etc + etckeeper init + +Often it's better to clone /etc to elsewhere and do potentially dangerous +stuff in a staging directory. You can clone the repository using git-clone, +but be careful that the directory it's cloned into starts out mode 700, to +prevent anyone else from seeing files like shadow, before `etckeeper init` +fixes their permissions: mkdir /my/workdir cd /my/workdir |