[sf-lug] Fwd: [UMALUG] bash scripting question

[Tyler Trafford]

Asheesh Laroia wrote:

> Right, I realize etckeeper doesn't publish.  What I mean is, I want to 
> version everything with etckeeper, sensitive files and all.
> 
> I also want to show my friends, "Go to asheesh.org/$servername/etc/ and 
> see a gitweb (or similar) of /etc with the sensitive files not visible."

The attached patch, applied to /etc, adds an "etckeeper publish" command 
that creates a publishable repo by cloning and removing all sensitive 
data from the commit history.

Output directory and files to remove are configurable in 
/etc/etckeeper/publish.conf.

It probably needs some polish, but it works for me.  Only works with 
git, as I don't know mercurial. (-and I think it can't history like this 
anyway)

Just re-run "etckeeper publish" to write a new sanitized repo every so 
often.
-- 
Tyler Trafford

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