2 .TH ETCKEEPER 1 "" "" ""
4 etckeeper \- store /etc in git
6 .B etckeeper command [directory]
8 etckeeper manages /etc be stored in a git repository. By default each
9 of the commands operates on /etc, but a different directory can be
10 specified as a parameter to operate on a clone of the /etc repository
15 This is the only command you typically need to run by hand. It initialises
16 and sets up a git repository. Typically this is run in /etc once when
17 starting to use etckeeper on a machine. It can also be used to initialise
18 a clone of the /etc repository located elsewhere.
21 This is called as a git pre-commit hook. It stores metadata and does sanity
25 This is called by apt's DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs hook. It allows committing
26 any uncommitted changes before the apt run.
29 This is called by apt's DPkg::Post-Invoke hook. It commits changes made by
30 packages into the repository. (You can also call this by hand after running
33 Joey Hess, <joey@kitenet.net>.