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diff --git a/etckeeper.1 b/etckeeper.1 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..bcecf59 --- /dev/null +++ b/etckeeper.1 @@ -0,0 +1,31 @@ +.\" -*- nroff -*- +.TH ETCKEEPER 1 "" "" "" +.SH NAME +etckeeper \- keep /etc in git +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B etckeeper command [args] +.SH DESCRIPTION +etckeeper is a collection of tools to let /etc be stored in a git +repository. Please see its README for more detailed information. +.SH COMMANDS +.TP +.B init +This is the only command you typically need to run by hand. It initialises +a git repository for the current directory. Typically this is run in /etc +once when starting to use etckeeper on a machine. It can also be used to +initialise a clone of the /etc repository. +.TP +.B pre-commit +This is called as a git pre-commit hook. It should be passed the name +of the toplevel directory of the repository (typically /etc). It stores +metadata and does sanity checks. +.TP +.B pre-apt +This is called by apt's DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs hook. It allows committing +any uncommitted changes in /etc before the apt run. +.TP +.B post-apt +This is called by apt's DPkg::Post-Invoke hook. It commits changes made by +packages to the repository. +.SH AUTHOR +Joey Hess, <joey@kitenet.net>. |