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Additionally keeping configuration in a home directory in the same git repo as /etc ?
Posted Mon Jun 16 13:52:09 2025
'git <...>' vs 'etckeeper vcs <...>'
Posted Wed Jan 8 14:57:50 2025
the default commit message has the wrong process name
Posted Tue Dec 10 22:08:17 2024
RFE: please add support for DNF 5
Posted Fri Nov 22 21:31:28 2024
How to stop etckeeper to set permission 0700 on /etc/.etckeeper
Posted Sun Jul 14 10:32:39 2024
Unable to update Ubuntu
Posted Fri May 10 07:05:51 2024
perl: warning: Setting locale failed
Posted Thu May 9 10:50:49 2024
check_root test does not work in user_namespaces
Posted Tue Sep 12 17:39:08 2023
List of files or directories to daily auto commit or commit before install
Posted Wed Aug 2 09:12:53 2023
move git directory elsewhere?
Posted Tue Jun 13 20:36:50 2023
intended behavior of the sudo integration?
Posted Tue Mar 7 02:33:56 2023
Is there a workaround for a git repository under /etc?
Posted Wed Feb 22 08:52:49 2023
git gc (garbage collection) message triggers Anacron mail
Posted Fri Jan 27 07:01:05 2023
How to submit pull requests?
Posted Tue Nov 15 23:57:38 2022
Is there a bug tracker for etckeeper ?
Posted Fri Sep 30 07:16:57 2022
Ignore passwd backup files
Posted Sun Jan 9 13:37:17 2022
etckeeper without perl and files with spaces
Posted Tue Jan 4 08:31:50 2022
etckeeper uses git despite VCS="hg" when a /etc/.git directory exists
Posted Mon Jan 3 14:34:25 2022
systemd's /etc/.updated should be ignored
Posted Fri Nov 19 12:05:00 2021
How would I rebase all commits older than two weeks?
Posted Thu Nov 4 00:10:26 2021
can etckeeper track selinux contexts?
Posted Wed Oct 20 00:26:13 2021
etckeeper for arbitrary directories?
Posted Tue Oct 19 13:40:35 2021
openbsd find lacks -printf
Posted Mon May 17 12:24:16 2021
etckeeper failed to commit changes in /etc using git
Posted Mon Apr 5 11:26:37 2021
etckeeper doesnt play well with twoversion control systems
Posted Mon Nov 9 09:39:52 2020
path contains illegal component
Posted Sat Oct 10 09:50:05 2020
yum stuck with 'etckeeper: pre transaction commit'
Posted Thu Oct 8 13:46:37 2020
Does not create config
Posted Sat Jul 11 08:50:37 2020
Comparing /etcs
Posted Sat May 23 14:35:15 2020
'git commit' vs 'etckeeper commit'
Posted Tue Apr 14 22:08:30 2020
Prevent hook running during rebase
Posted Wed Jan 15 20:22:29 2020
etckeeper wants root git identity
Posted Sat Jan 11 03:22:30 2020 by RogueScholar
Why backup files like passwd- are not being ignored?
Posted Mon Dec 16 20:22:23 2019
Can etckeeper hook into the snapd install machinery like it does for apt
Posted Thu Aug 8 11:25:29 2019
Joey you just blew my mind.
Posted Mon Mar 18 14:36:14 2019
1.18.9 broken with busybox ps
Posted Wed Dec 12 12:22:33 2018
Make pre-commit.d/30store-metadata:generate_metadata() filter Git sub modules
Posted Thu Aug 2 21:29:52 2018
Composite / multi-step changes
Posted Sun May 6 00:50:50 2018