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Versioning /etc with etckeeper and git

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.

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