From 357a708e613c83ae35faaa70514a8f4e1179079b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Joey Hess <joey@kodama.kitenet.net> Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2007 16:25:21 -0500 Subject: implemented pre-apt checks other development too.. --- README | 9 ++++----- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) (limited to 'README') diff --git a/README b/README index f9a6115..2751eb7 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -28,10 +28,9 @@ repository. etckeeper has special support to handle changes to /etc caused by installing and upgrading packages. Before apt installs packages, -`etckeeper-pre-apt` will check that /etc is clean, and if it's not, prompt -you about whether or not to continue. (This check can be disabled.) After -apt installs packages, `etckeeper-post-apt` will add any new interesting -files to the repository, and commit the changes. +`etckeeper-pre-apt` will check that /etc contains no uncommitted changes. +After apt installs packages, `etckeeper-post-apt` will add any new +interesting files to the repository, and commit the changes. git is designed as a way to manage source code, not as a way to manage arbitrary directories like /etc. This means it has a few limitations that @@ -54,7 +53,7 @@ empty directory, if it's not significant, or put a file (such as git doesn't support several special files that you _probably_ won't have in /etc, such as unix sockets, named pipes, hardlinked files (but softlinks -are fine), and device files. Again a git hooks are used to warn if your /etc +are fine), and device files. Again git hooks are used to warn if your /etc contains such untrackable special files. -- cgit v1.2.3