#etckeeper — Public Fediverse posts

A new tool to follow the changes of your config files, even if they live outside of /etc. Etckeeper is nice but is restricted to /etc.

Thanks @kepon!

https://framagit.org/kepon/sysgit

#etckeeper #linux #sysadmin

@taak That is heart attack inducing, like you I have `~/.config/emacs/` under version control and backed up (in multiple places!)

I once experienced similar when I ran `rm -rf` as `root` without realising I was in the `/etc` directory, quickly realised and `Ctrl + C` but not before the damage was done. Fortunately I use `etckeeper` with a remote backup so could easily restore.

#emacs #dotfiles #etckeeper

Last week I finally sit down and tested new feature in #DNF5 Actions Plugin I asked for and using it implemented integration between DNF5 and #etckeeper . It turned out to be easy, it's a single 2 line config file. Happily using it now on my #Fedora42 machine.

https://blog.marbu.eu/posts/2025-04-21-libdnf5-etckeeper

@foolishowl

There's etckeeper which does this for all files in the /etc folder.

I used it for a while, but found I wasn't making any use of the versioning it provided, and in the case where I needed to rollback to fix errors, I was using backups anyway.

Edit: Add link and hashtags: https://etckeeper.branchable.com/

#etckeeper

Recently I found some time to describe how I manage my personal machine:

* install #fedora assuming the installer detects storage properly
* use #ansible to automate/document boring post installation setup
* use #etckeeper to keep /etc organized
* backing up whole /home volume using #btrfs snapshots
* rely on #dnf based upgrades, unless I change hardware significantly

https://blog.marbu.eu/posts/2024-12-25-my-fedora-setup/

#TIL: Auch #alpinelinux hat eine fertige, saubere, pflegeleichte #etckeeper Integration 👍

@zarfeblong @markd @jmac Hahaha, I've done `rm -rf /etc`before myself, fortunately I use #etckeeper and had a backup I could restore.

@roughnecks works with other Linux distros package management systems too (e.g. Arch and Gentoo), not just Debian.

It saved my arse when I stupidly ran `rm -rf` from _within_ `/etc/` as `root` once. I could restore from a `chroot` environment and then reboot.

Brilliant extension and use of Git.

#etckeeper #linux #debian #gentoo #arch #git

Why there is no such thing as a multiple-host #etckeeper ?

@staltz if I got the spec right, that might be a job for #etckeeper https://etckeeper.branchable.com/
#linux #git

@atoponce: I don't do any of that besides e.g. comments in #etckeeper commits or my mail archive.

I've seen people using #elog (https://elog.psi.ch/elog/) for such purposes, but it got removed from Debian (Unstable) in 2022 (see https://bugs.debian.org/1009911) and the last Debian release it seems to have been in was Debian 8 Jessie (currently oldoldoldstable in ELTS state).

Das heutige #Tool macht zwar kein #Backup vom im klassischen sinne, kann euch jedoch viel Zeit sparen, falls am System mal etwas nicht so ganz rund läuft. Mit #etckeeper lässt sich das `/etc` Verzeichnis einfach und automatisiert mit #git verwalten und auf einen Gitserver pushen. Dadurch behältst du den überblick bei Änderungen der Konfigurationsdateien.

https://etckeeper.branchable.com/

#Backupweek

@joeyh: Wait, did #Github use #etckeeper? 😲