etckeeper (was: Re: Backing up system customization: …)

[Martin Steigerwald <Martin@lichtvoll.de>]

Am Freitag, 1. Februar 2013, 17:00:59 schrieb Brad Alexander:
> etckeeper - A package that places a git repo under /etc, and captures
> changes to /etc config files, mainly by puppet and apt, which both
> have "hooks" files to implement changes. The truly paranoid could
> combine/clone all of the git repos onto a machine, but I am content
> using the next one for that.

I still just use bzr and only check in the files that *I* change.

This way I can branch it somewhere else and apply my changes again *without* 
affecting unrelated files that may have been upgraded by package updates.

So while I understand the appeal to have everything logged, I just put in the 
repo what I change. I am not very much interested in any automatic changes 
during upgrades, unless they affect my customization.

Of course you can do the same with git, I just use bzr due to its IMHO more 
friendly user interfaces. I use git for development tough, since more common.

Ciao,
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