on gentoo for example I have accrued a few files under /etc/portage that to my knowledge just have to live there…

right now I basically rely on my backups for this. but maybe somebody knows a clever way to handle this?

  • aurtzy@social.fossware.space
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    1 year ago

    Maybe etckeeper fits your use case? It’s specifically built for managing /etc files with version control systems. I can’t say much about it since I’ve never used it, though.

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      1 year ago

      I’m replying here because I think yours is the right answer (etckeeper), but for other readers I want to note that for Arch Linux in particular, an alternative is aconfmgr.