Not sure how well known the Software Carpentry folks are to this list. Their tutorial on git is mature and clear.
http://swcarpentry.github.io/git-novice/ On Tue, Dec 19, 2017 at 9:42 PM, Chris Samuel <ch...@csamuel.org> wrote: > On Wednesday, 20 December 2017 3:56:19 AM AEDT Adam DeConinck wrote: > > > I am also a fan of putting everything in source control. This is useful > for > > small scripts, but even more so (IMO) for configuration files. Being able > > to track changes closely is a lifesaver when something about a system > stops > > working, and you have no idea what has changed. Source control has saved > me > > from the “this change is harmless!” problem many times. > > +1 for this - and also the related "etckeeper" which is packaged in Debian/ > Ubuntu and RHEL/CentOS. It hooks in to apt/yum and basically automates > version control for your /etc directory. > > It defaults to using git (though others are possible, Ubuntu used to > default > to bzr for some bizare reason - sorry) and by default will do daily > commits of > /etc as well as before and after package manager changes (so you can see > what > files in /etc were changed by a particular package > install/upgrade/removal). > > You can also drive it yourself, if you modify something in /etc then you > can > just (as root, obviously) do: > > /etc # etckeeper commit "Changed foo to bar in all config files" > > Which then lets you revert it should you decide that perhaps some foo's > were > actually needed. Of course you can still use the underlying VCS commands > too, > it's just providing a handy wrapper. > > All the best, > Chris > -- > Chris Samuel : http://www.csamuel.org/ : Melbourne, VIC > > _______________________________________________ > Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org sponsored by Penguin Computing > To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit > http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf > -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Nathan Moore Mississippi River and 44th Parallel - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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