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== Using Etckeeper ==
''The DebPkg:etckeeper program is a tool to let /etc be stored in a git, mercurial, or bzr repository. It hooks into APT to automatically commit changes made to /etc during package upgrades.''		 == Using etckeeper ==
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See package's README file

== Using svk ==
/!\ svk and etcinsvk were removed from Debian in Squeeze, since svk is dead upstream.<<BR>>
see DebianBug:554335, DebianBug:557074.


''DebPkg:svk is a decentralized version control system written in Perl. It uses the subversion filesystem.''

Install svk
{{{
apt-get install svk
}}}

Initialize a depot in ~root/.svk
{{{
svk depotmap --init
}}}

Import /etc making it a working copy
{{{
svk import --to-checkout //etc /etc
}}}

Make your depot not that readable
{{{
chmod -R go-rwx ~/.svk
}}}

Remove volatile files from revision control

{{{
cd /etc
svk rm -K adjtime ld.so.cache
}}}

...and voilà, you have ''etc'' under revision control, without CVS or .svn
or {arch} files around. The syntax of svk is just like the syntax of
svn, of which it's a distributed extension.

##Copied from Debian-devel. Original author: Enrico Zini		 The DebPkg:etckeeper program is a tool to store /etc git, mercurial, or bzr repository. git is the default repository type. It hooks into APT to automatically commit changes made to /etc during package upgrades as well as daily via a systemd timer or cron job. Installing the package is all the setup that is needed, it does everything for you.
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Putting /etc under Revision Control...

Using etckeeper

The etckeeper program is a tool to store /etc git, mercurial, or bzr repository. git is the default repository type. It hooks into APT to automatically commit changes made to /etc during package upgrades as well as daily via a systemd timer or cron job. Installing the package is all the setup that is needed, it does everything for you.

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