From 4fe9c7489d1e99ef7813d941b2a47c62a36eacf5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Leonard Penzer <leonard@penzer.de>
Date: Thu, 29 May 2025 17:20:18 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Improve etckeeper
- use chronic to avoid unnecessary mails from cron
- configure git to use less memory - just in case etc got a bit too big
---
roles/etckeeper/tasks/main.yml | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 19 insertions(+)
diff --git a/roles/etckeeper/tasks/main.yml b/roles/etckeeper/tasks/main.yml
index 90f0c13..f9fa0ab 100644
--- a/roles/etckeeper/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/etckeeper/tasks/main.yml
@@ -4,4 +4,23 @@
name:
- etckeeper
- git
+ - moreutils
state: present
+
+- name: Set global git config for etckeeper
+ git_config:
+ name: "{{ item.name }}"
+ value: "{{ item.value }}"
+ loop:
+ - { name: 'pack.windowMemory', value: '100m' }
+ - { name: 'pack.packSizeLimit', value: '100m' }
+ - { name: 'pack.threads', value: '1' }
+
+- name: Modify cron.daily for etckeeper to use chronic
+ lineinfile:
+ path: /etc/cron.daily/etckeeper
+ regexp: '^.*\/etc\/etckeeper\/daily$'
+ line: ' chronic /etc/etckeeper/daily'
+ owner: root
+ group: root
+ mode: '0755'
--
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