Auto-detect the VCS setting if there already is a repository in /etc.
move VCS probing to after we know what ETCKEEPER_DIR is

CWD does not have to be /etc when using etckeeper..
ignore fake-hwclock.data

(used by fake-hwclock to store the time periodically on systems without
hardware clock)
Ignore fake-hwclock.data. Closes: #701491
releasing version 1.0
Fix warning when PUSH_REMOTE is not set. Closes: #706917
releasing version 1.1
Call type -p in a more compatable way.
When a file is owned by a uid or a gid with no corresponding user or group, put a numeric chown into .etckeeper. Previously, a broken chown was outputted.
releasing version 1.2
Fix type -p bashism that crept in via recent patches. Closes: #707319
releasing version 1.3
Deal with unix^wlinux portability nonsense.
fix syntax error lintian found
releasing version 1.4
Quote user and group names, in case someone thought putting a space in one was not a bloody stupid idea.
add support for pacman package manager
Added support for the pacman package manager. (Thanks, Tiago Stürmer Daitx)
Use user.name and user.email from the .gitconfig file belonging to the user who sued or sudoed to root, in preference to making up values for that user.
cron.daily: Fix typo in stale lockfile handling code. Closes: #717908