Git/tracking-etc

Tracking /etc with git is a common procedure with gentoo.

1. Change directory to etc.

root #cd /etc

2. Initialize git.

root #git init

3. commit initial, and any further known good revisions:

root #git add * #add all files not in git ignore file

root #git commit -m 'required'

4. To load a specific revision:

root #git rev-list #display all possible revisions

root #git checkout (insert your revision hash here)#select known good revision example: git checkout db1f3239404ab67e64218939b9e0155c04303fff

5. To revert unwanted changes:

root #git reset --hard #undo all changes from revision checked out.

or

root #git reset

root #git checkout .