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diff --git a/system/etckeeper/README b/system/etckeeper/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..c41e73f6d3 --- /dev/null +++ b/system/etckeeper/README @@ -0,0 +1,13 @@ +Etckeeper is a collection of tools to let /etc be stored in a git, +mercurial, darcs, or bzr repository. It tracks file metadata that +revison control systems do not normally support, but that is +important for /etc, such as the permissions of /etc/shadow. It's +quite modular and configurable, while also being simple to use if +you understand the basics of working with revision control. + +Etckeeper will use git by default although you can change that in +/etc/etckeeper/etckeeper.conf, assuming you have other version control +tools installed. After installing etckeeper the first time you will +need to run "etckeeper init" once to initialize the repository. + +bzr and darcs are optional dependencies. |