Source: etckeeper Section: admin Priority: optional Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 5), dpkg-dev (>= 1.9.0) Maintainer: Joey Hess Standards-Version: 3.7.2 Vcs-Git: git://git.kitenet.net/etckeeper Package: etckeeper Architecture: all Section: admin Depends: metastore, git-core, ${misc:Depends} Description: store /etc in git etckeeper is a collection of tools to let /etc be stored in a git repository. It hooks into apt to automatically commit changes made to /etc during package upgrades. It uses `metastore` to track 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 git.