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imthenachoman / 00 README.md
Last active October 13, 2025 18:45
Debian snapper apt script to include full apt command including arguments as snapshot description

This gist includes an enhancement to Debian's snapper package.

The current (as of 2023-07-23) snapper package includes an apt configuration that will automatically take snapper snapshots when you use apt to install/remove/etc. It will add use "apt" as the description of the pre/post snapshot.

With the below changes to the /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/80snapper file and associated dpkg-pre-post-snapper.sh file, snapper will include the full apt command, including the arguments, in the snapshot description.

For example:

$ sudo apt install funky
@plembo
plembo / addbr0ubunmcli.md
Last active November 5, 2025 22:02
Add br0 to Ubuntu desktop using nmcli

Add a bridge interface to Ubuntu desktop using nmcli

Had to do this for some advanced networking with KVM, and couldn't figure out how to do it using the Nework Manager gui. Did find an article later that showed how to do it with nmtui, but it's so much easier to record what you did when using the cli.

In the examples below "eth0" is the name of my physical interface. By default on Ubuntu and most distributions that will almost certainly be different, for example: "eno1", "ens1", or "enp2s0".

To see what everything looks like before starting: