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I built a tool for managing config files
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Yes, that was one of the tools I considered before making this. I do not remember the precise detail on why, but much like gnu stow is only good for versioning user dotfiles and not system config. Etckeeper is good for storing either your system config files or user's dotfiles, but not both at the same time. copicat doesn't care what you use it for because you explicitly tell it all the locations and permissions that you want.