Source: etckeeper Section: admin Priority: optional Build-Depends: debhelper-compat (= 11), bats, bzr (>= 1.5~), dh-python, dpkg-dev (>= 1.9.0), fakeroot, git, python, Maintainer: Antoine Beaupré Standards-Version: 4.3.0 Vcs-Git: https://git.joeyh.name/git/etckeeper.git Vcs-Browser: https://git.joeyh.name/index.cgi/etckeeper.git/ Homepage: https://etckeeper.branchable.com/ Package: etckeeper Architecture: all Depends: git (>= 1:1.7) | mercurial | bzr (>= 1.5~) | darcs, ${misc:Depends}, ${python:Depends}, Recommends: cron-daemon Suggests: sudo (>= 1.7.4p4) Conflicts: bzr (<< 1.5~) Description: store /etc in git, mercurial, bzr or darcs The etckeeper program is a tool to let /etc be stored in a git, mercurial, bzr or darcs repository. It hooks into APT to automatically commit changes made to /etc during package upgrades. It tracks file metadata that version control systems do not normally support, but that is important for /etc, such as the permissions of /etc/shadow. It's quite modular and configurable, while also being simple to use if you understand the basics of working with version control.