[[!comment format=mdwn
 username="joey"
 subject="""comment 1"""
 date="2022-01-07T15:09:03Z"
 content="""
We can see why right in /usr/bin/etckeeper:

	if [ -d ".git" ]; then
	        VCS=git
	elif [ -d ".hg" ]; then
	        VCS=hg
	elif [ -d "_darcs" ]; then
	        VCS=darcs
	elif [ -d ".bzr" ]; then
	        VCS=bzr
	fi

So the VCS config is only used to control what `etckeeper init` does.

See also this todo item about it, with more discussion:
[[todo/doc/todo/Give_preference_to_etckeeper.conf_over_existing_repository_for_defining___36__VCS]]
"""]]
