Re: [linux] Using GIT to manage /etc

Hi Anuradha,

First, thanks for the blog post.

I've been using Git to manage server configurations for a while. In the
beginning I was only adding specific things I cared most, but gradually
I started adding more and more stuff. So I was looking for a tool to
automate the process and to get over certain quirks of distro specifics.

Using Git for standard text based config files is usually straight forward
for a person already working with Git. But things require few additional
tweaks if you plan to use the whole /etc under version controlling. Some
examples are file permissions and git ignore facility. Then there's also
getting used to the concept of atomic commits and branching. To get
the most out of it, some proper use of branching and committing is
needed. You blog post will help people to get into that mindset.

I was hoping to create a simple git based frontend for these tasks when
I found Etckeeper. It's a convenient tool to use. Just grab it from:
http://kitenet.net/~joey/code/etckeeper/
And set it up. It can handle some distro specific stuff. One nice addition
is the automatic commit for package management operations. If you
are interested there's a 3 part tutorial at:
http://fnords.wordpress.com/2009/02/23/etckeeper-chronicles-1/

It's not the ideal nor the most active project, but far it's working and
it's
available for immediate use. That's a good direction to go, IMHO.

Gaveen Prabhasara
http://gaveen.owain.org
http://gaveen.prabhasara.com


On Mon, Jan 4, 2010 at 11:57 PM, Anuradha Ratnaweera <anuradha@???
> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Is anying using aa SCM to manage /etc/? I started using GIT to do it,
> and blogged about it:
> http://anuradha.sayura.net/2010/01/using-git-to-manage-config-files.html
>
> Any suggestions / improvements are welcome.
>
> Anuradha
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