On 09/04/2019 23.09, Lee wrote: > On 4/9/19, hdv@gmail wrote: >> On 09/04/2019 21.23, Lee wrote: >>> On 4/9/19, Dan Ritter wrote: >>>> Lee wrote: >>>>> What are people doing for putting config files in [under?] git? >>>>> >>>>> I'd like to have at least some system config files maintained in git >>>>> so I can get a history of changes. >>>>> (and yes, I know, I really should be using a backup system for that, >>>>> but I'm still at the 'rsync to usb drive' stage) >>>> >>>> apt install etckeeper. Choose the git backend. (I think it's the >>>> default these days.) >>> >>> Thank you! >>> >>>> Chef or Puppet when you want to do this at scale. >>> >>> Maybe someday. They'd be nice to learn, but they seem to be massive >>> overkill for home use. ..or at least for my home use. >> >> If you want to keep things simple, maybe this perl-script I wrote years ago >> might be what you're looking for. Think of it as a visudo-style tool for >> config >> files (really just any file you can edit with vim). Just use the --manual >> option >> to read its man page. Basically it copies the file before editing to a >> location >> of your choosing, keeping its attributes if you want it to. > > Thanks for the script. It looks easy enough to understand, which is > always nice :)
You're welcome. If you have any questions, feel free to ask. P.S. I wrote it because I didn't want to have another daemon running only for this. I have nothing against git or some such, but for this I thought it to be overkill. Especially on servers. Grx HdV
