Using git on / for configuration files

[Oleg Goldshmidt]

Eli Billauer <eli at billauer.co.il> writes:

> What I liked less, is that the repository is under /etc (not surprising, and
> still), so configuration files outside that directory can't be
> tracked. /var/lib/tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/, for example.

So, out of curiousity, what does it do with symlinks? A typical use
case, in my mind, would be a package under /opt with configuration
under /opt/foo/etc and symlinks under /etc/foo - how is that handled?

If it works in some sane way then maybe all it takes is symlinking
what you need?

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Oleg Goldshmidt | pub at goldshmidt.org