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@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@ etckeeper is a collection of tools to let /etc be stored in a git, -mercurial, or bazaar repository. It hooks into apt to automatically -commit changes made to /etc during package upgrades. -It tracks file metadata that git does not normally -support, but that is important for /etc, such as the permissions of -`/etc/shadow`. It's quite modular and configurable, while also being -simple to use if you understand the basics of working with version -control. +mercurial, or bazaar repository. It hooks into apt to automatically commit +changes made to /etc during package upgrades. It tracks file metadata that +git does not normally support, but that is important for /etc, such as the +permissions of `/etc/shadow`. It's quite modular and configurable, while +also being simple to use if you understand the basics of working with +version control. ## security warnings @@ -150,10 +149,10 @@ control, the sky's the limit.. The main configuration file is `/etc/etckeeper/etckeeper.conf` -etckeeper uses `run-parts` to run the executable files in -`/etc/etckeeper/$command.d/`. You can modify these files, or add your own -custom files. Each individual file is short, simple, and does only one -action. +etckeeper runs the executable files in `/etc/etckeeper/$command.d/`. (It +ignores the same ones that run-parts(1) would ignore.) You can modify these +files, or add your own custom files. Each individual file is short, simple, +and does only one action. For example, here's how to configure it to run `git gc` after each apt run, which will save a lot of disk space: @@ -180,7 +179,7 @@ Two blog posts provided inspiration for techniques used by etckeeper: etckeeper does not aim to be a git porcelain with its own set of commands for manipulating the /etc repository. Instead, etckeeper provides a simple setup procedure and hooks for setting up an /etc repository, and then gets -out of your way; you manage the repository using regular git commands. +out of your way; you manage the repository using regular VCS commands. [2]: http://www.isisetup.ch/ |