etckeeper is a tool to keep configuration files in a version control system (git, bazaar or mercurial). The Debian package management tools (apt-get, aptitude) integrate with etckeeper so that configuration is version controlled during updates.

= Installation =

Installation is done using apt-get or aptitude. The default VCS used by etckeeper is git.

{{{
aptitude install etckeeper

etckeeper init
}}}

(more recent versions of etckeeper are automatically initialized by aptitude/apt-get).

== Notes for Debian Etch ==

etckeeper is available for Etch via the backports.org service. To use it you have to add the following line to your /etc/apt/sources.list

{{{
deb http://www.backports.org/debian etch-backports main
}}}

There are some instructions for using backports at http://backports.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=instructions

= Usage =

Perform commit of changes to /etc

{{{
etckeeper commit [message]
}}}

Watch the commit logs

{{{
cd /etc
git log
}}}

The rest is just git operations as documented in the fine git documentation.