How to check what files have been customised in /etc?

[Chris Green]

On Sun, Dec 13, 2020 at 10:08:35AM +0000, David Fletcher wrote:
> On Sun, 2020-12-13 at 09:58 +0000, Chris Green wrote:
> > I try as far as possible to keep my system 'standard' with as much as
> > possible of the custmisation being in /home where I use mercurial to
> > keep track of changes (and which is preserved when OS is upgraded).
> > 
> > However there are inevitably a few global customisations in /etc and
> > I'd like to track them as well if possible.  I can configure ways to
> > track them now but can anyone suggest a way to find all the changes I
> > have done over the years in /etc?  I don't think there are all that
> > many of them but I know there are some and there are likely to be
> > some
> > I can't remember how I did.
> 
> I always comment my changes with reason, initials and date. Then a
> search for my initials turns them up.
> 
That's an excellent idea, I'll do similar from now on.  However I
still need to find older changes, I guess I can just do a manual
search and/or add suitable comments as I find them.

-- 
Chris Green