Etckeeper for more than /etc

[ray <ray@aarden.us>]

I would like to version control my /home directories.  This is on a jessie workstation where I am the only user.  I have setup multiple users accounts for comparing and testing.  As a new user, I break the system a lot.  As such, I have rebuilt my two computers often due to my inability to recover.  Being able to identify changes and roll them back would be great.  

While Etckeeper keeps metadata for /etc, it may be sufficient for a standard git version control on other directories.

I would appreciate any examples, models, recommendations along this line.

Ray