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[Discuss] etckeeper (tool to store /etc/ in version control)



On Sun, Apr 02, 2017 at 09:56:23PM -0400, David Kramer wrote:
> https://opensource.com/article/17/3/etckeeper-version-control
> 
> Sounds good, and I can't think of any downsides.  I think the value add of
> etckeeper over just adding /etc to git is that it ties into package
> management and every change in /etc/ caused by a package install gets
> committed to git as such.  I'm not sure if those silent commits are a good
> thing or not.
> 

I use it on a couple of boxes that aren't being kept by chef.

It's very nice for showing history and making a backup against
fumble-finger mistakes.

-dsr-



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