Sorry for the delay in responding. I've never understood what metadata etckeeper does indeed track that git wouldn't. I only know that git won't track empty directories and that can create problems. I believe the README is indeed mistaken here.
I'm not sure what to add in terms of exact steps. But I'll do my best. sudo git rebase -i HEAD~999 [something in the rebase breaks] ls -l /etc/sudoers the last command will show you that sudoers has the wrong permissions now. I think this whole .etckeeper file business should be reevaluated. I don't think it's necessary for git and in fact, it's the root cause of almost all the trouble I have with etckeeper (which generally speaking is WONDERFUL!). -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1095181 Title: terrible breakage on git rebase To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/etckeeper/+bug/1095181/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
