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First, install etckeeper.

Then create or edit /etc/.gitignore file to include files that shouldn't be versioned (such as resolv.conf).

Then as root run etckeeper init and etckeeper commit "first commit"

Then create a symbolic link from /etc/cron.daily/etckeeper to /etc/etckeeper/daily.

Then create these three executable files:

/usr/local/bin/xbps-install:

#!/usr/bin/env perl

use v5.40;
use English '$UID';

my $binary = trim((`which -a xbps-install`)[1]) or die "No deep xbps-install binary found";

!system('etckeeper pre-install') or die "Couldn't execute 'etckeeper pre-install'\n" unless $UID;
!system($binary, @ARGV) or die "Couldn't execute this: $binary @ARGV\n";
!system('etckeeper post-install') or die "Couldn't execute 'etckeeper post-install'\n" unless $UID;

/usr/local/bin/xbps-remove:

#!/usr/bin/env perl

use v5.40;
use English '$UID';

my $binary = trim((`which -a xbps-remove`)[1]) or die "No deep xbps-remove binary found";

!system('etckeeper pre-install') or die "Couldn't execute 'etckeeper pre-install'\n" unless $UID;
!system($binary, @ARGV) or die "Couldn't execute this: $binary @ARGV\n";
!system('etckeeper post-install') or die "Couldn't execute 'etckeeper post-install'\n" unless $UID;

/etc/cron.daily/01-record_manual_packages:

#!/bin/sh
xpkg -m > /etc/my_list_of_manual_pkgs

__DONE__