Tracking the linux config with git: how?
- by Pierre
I'd like to track my linux configurations with git.
My idea is to have a branch for each server.
/etc is not the only one directory to be tracked (I won't git init in '/etc' )
As far as I could see, it is possible to init a git for a distant directory.
I tried this:
# mkdir -p /git/.git
# cd /git
# git --work-tree=/ --git-dir=/git/.git init
Initialized empty Git repository in /git/.git/
1) Creating a new branch before everything is not possible
# git branch server1
fatal: Not a valid object name: 'HEAD'.
2) adding a file in master/HEAD is not possible
# touch README.md
# git add README.md
fatal: Unable to create '//.git/index.lock': No such file or directory
how should I properly setup git to track my system-config ?
Thanks.
P.
