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From: Remy Blank <remy.blank_asps@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: Things that can be improved
Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2006 07:46:24
Message-Id: eacf2f$5rl$1@sea.gmane.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Things that can be improved by Enrico Weigelt
1 Enrico Weigelt wrote:
2 > thanks for the tip to "dispatch-conf". Again learned something new :)
3 > This is what I was just looking for.
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5 I keep my /etc as a Subversion working directory. With an additional
6 script, file ownership and permissions are stored in an SVN property.
7 That way, I can always see what has changed after an etc-update (or even
8 an emerge, sometimes files are moved around), and revert changes if I
9 screwed up. Well, all the nice features of a revision control system.
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11 > BTW: if you change some config file by hand, it's seems wise to add
12 > some comment, so you always get a hint in the diff.
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14 That would be placed in a commit message.
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16 -- Remy
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19 Remove underscore and suffix in reply address for a timely response.
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