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.\" -*- nroff -*-
.TH ETCKEEPER 1 "" "" ""
.SH NAME
etckeeper \- store /etc in git
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B etckeeper command [directory]
.SH DESCRIPTION
etckeeper manages /etc be stored in a git repository. By default each
of the commands operates on /etc, but a different directory can be
specified as a parameter to operate on a clone of the /etc repository
located elsewhere.
.SH COMMANDS
.TP
.B init
This is the only command you typically need to run by hand. It initialises
and sets up a git repository. 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 located elsewhere.
.TP
.B pre-commit
This is called as a git pre-commit hook. It stores metadata and does sanity
checks.
.TP
.B pre-install
This is called by apt's DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs hook, or by equivilant hooks
of other package managers. It allows committing any uncommitted changes before
packages are installed, upgraded, etc.
.TP
.B post-install
This is called by apt's DPkg::Post-Invoke hook, or by equivilant hooks
of other package managers. It commits changes made by packages into the
repository. (You can also call this by hand after running dpkg by hand.)
.SH AUTHOR
Joey Hess, <joey@kitenet.net>.
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