Could we get in the README some info about how to restore from etckeeper assuming it's even possible. So say I hose my system. I reinstall everything. But now I'd like to migrate my old config but keep tracking changes going forward. What I've tried:
1) Renaming /etc breaks sudo 2) clone over /etc breaks passwd 3) clone to staging area and then move things over selectively
Is #3 the proper way to restore an /etc
Thanks
I would definitely go with #3. Unless I knew that the new system was identical to the old before any customizations to /etc -- in that case, cloning to /etc would work.
Note that
etckeeper initwill fix up the file permissions of a clone of the repo, since etckeeper stores them.