Recording /etc/ config in git is a recommended way to track history and revert breaking changes. In many cases, content needs to be imported and transformed from other repositories before being deployed as /etc/ config on a VM . Config changes to /etc are often made in haste during development & in emergencies. While git is helpful in recording those changes locally, often content needs to be managed on one machine and pushed to another. Or content can be in an outside repo with a different d...