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Versioning /etc with etckeeper and git

Date: 2011-04-24 | Modified: 2011-08-13 | Tags: git, notestoself

Update 2011-08-13: I switched to a custom apt-get wrapper so that I can keep a versioned list of installed packages and generally because I have NIH. (I had no problems with etckeeper). My apt-get wrapper is on here on github

```
$ sudo apt-get install etckeeper 
```
Edit /etc/etckeeper/etckeeper.conf. Change VCS from "bzr" to "git"

Initialize etckeeper and git repo

$ cd /etc
$ sudo etckeeper init 
$ sudo git status 
$ sudo git commit -m 'Initial commit'

Done.

Example using git bisect to narrow in on a commit — posted 2011-08-13
git notes — posted 2011-08-11
Colorized, interactive "git blame" in Emacs: vc-annotate — posted 2011-05-28
My software tools list — posted 2007-08-10

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