how to git a read only directory

From: bill lam <cbill.lam@gmail.com>
Date: Jan 21, 2009, 08:33 UTC
Message-ID: <20090121083354.GG6970@b2j>

I want to use git to keep track of files inside /etc but do not want to do it as a super user. Is that possible to put GIT_DIR under my home directory and add public-read files inside /etc? Or that it could be done in some other ways.

Thanks.

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