etckeeper

etckeeper is a collection of tools to let /etc be stored in a git, mercurial, bazaar or darcs repository. This lets you use git to review or revert changes that were made to /etc. Or even push the repository elsewhere for backups or cherry-picking configuration changes. It hooks into package managers like apt to automatically commit changes made to /etc during package upgrades. It tracks file meta

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"etckeeper is a collection of tools to let /etc be stored in a git"

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“etckeeper is a collection of tools to let /etc be stored in a git, mercurial, bazaar or darcs repository”

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