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NAME
etckeeper - store /etc in git, mercurial, bazaar, or darcs
SYNOPSIS
etckeeper command [-d directory]
DESCRIPTION
etckeeper manages /etc be stored in a git, mercurial, bazaar, or darcs
repository. By default each of the commands operates on /etc, but a
different directory can be specified to operate on a clone of the /etc
repository located elsewhere.
COMMANDS
init This initialises and sets up a git, mercurial, bazaar, or darcs
repository (depending on the VCS setting in /etc/etckeeper/etck-
eeper.conf). Typically this is run in /etc once when starting to
use etckeeper on a machine. It can also be used to initialise a
clone of the /etc repository located elsewhere.
commit [message]
Commits all changes in /etc to the repository. A commit message
can be specified. You may also use the underlying VCS to commit
manually. (Note that etckeeper commit will notice if a user has
used sudo or su to become root, and record the original username
in the commit.)
pre-commit
This is called as a pre-commit hook. It stores metadata and does
sanity checks.
pre-install
This is called by apt's DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs hook, or by
equivalent hooks of other package managers. It allows committing
any uncommitted changes before packages are installed, upgraded,
etc.
post-install
This is called by apt's DPkg::Post-Invoke hook, or by equivalent
hooks of other package managers. It commits changes made by
packages into the repository. (You can also call this by hand
after running dpkg by hand.)
unclean
This returns true if the directory contains uncommitted changes.
update-ignore [-a]
This updates the VCS ignore file. Content outside a "managed by
etckeeper" block is not touched. This is generally run when up-
grading to a new version of etckeeper. (The -a switch will add a
"managed by etckeeper" block if one is not present.)
vcs subcommand [options ...]
You can use this to run any subcommand of the VCS that etckeeper
is configured to run. It will be run in /etc. For example, "etc-
keeper vcs diff" will run "git diff", etc.
uninit [-f]
This command DESTROYS DATA! It is the inverse of the init com-
mand, removing VCS information and etckeeper's own bookkeeping
information from the directory. Use with caution. A typical use
case would be to run etckeeper uninit, then modify etck-
eeper.conf to use a different VCS, and then run etckeeper init.
(The -f switch can be used to force uninit without prompting.)
FILES
/etc/etckeeper/etckeeper.conf is the configuration file.
/etc/etckeeper also contains directories containing the programs that
are run for each of the above commands.
ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
ETCKEEPER_CONF_DIR path to configuration directory instead of default
/etc/etckeeper.
SEE ALSO
/usr/share/doc/etckeeper/README.md.gz
AUTHOR
Joey Hess <id@joeyh.name>
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