Source: etckeeper Section: admin Priority: optional Build-Depends: debhelper-compat (= 12), bats, bzr, dh-python, fakeroot, git, python3:any, Maintainer: Antoine Beaupré Standards-Version: 4.4.1 Rules-Requires-Root: no Vcs-Git: https://salsa.debian.org/debian/etckeeper.git Vcs-Browser: https://salsa.debian.org/debian/etckeeper Homepage: https://etckeeper.branchable.com/ Package: etckeeper Architecture: all Depends: git | mercurial | brz | darcs, ${misc:Depends}, ${python3:Depends}, Recommends: cron-daemon Suggests: sudo Description: store /etc in git, mercurial, brz or darcs The etckeeper program is a tool to let /etc be stored in a git, mercurial, brz 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.