[Monotone-devel] Re: /etc under version control

[Lapo Luchini]

Gour D. wrote:
> On #monotone I've got info to take a look at "6.1.10 Attribute
> Handling", but would like to hear some more hints how to proceed in the
> "/etc under mtn" project?

Mhh, there are hooks for attribute handling, but "out of the box" I fear
monotone is not much more capable of versioning a whole /etc without
problems (for more or less the same reason that darcs says).

Personally, I version not all of /etc but all of my $HOME, but I also
happen to symlink a few files from /etc to my home (but only the few
that I modify), in order to have them versioned, as in:

/root/kernel/$HOSTNAME -> $HOME/etc/$HOSTNAME/KERNEL
/etc/make.conf         -> $HOME/etc/$HOSTNAME/make.conf
/etc/pf.conf           -> $HOME/etc/$HOSTNAME/pf.conf
/etc/rc.conf           -> $HOME/etc/$HOSTNAME/rc.conf

Though it is not really a "versioned host configuration" solution, I
change those file little enough that hand-merge is ok (also, for me it's
more an issue of "I forgot that cute option I used on the other hosts"
that real versioning).

Let me know if you happen to manage something better-or-easier than
this, though. =)

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