e.g. one from manage etc with svk
aptitude install git-arch git-svn # everybody needs restore, nobody want backups cp -a /etc /root cd /etc git svn init -t tags -b branches -T etc file:///root/.svk/local git svn fetch --repack 1000 git add . git commit -am"commit after migration from svk to git"
(derived from this great resource: An introduction to git-svn for Subversion/SVK users and deserters)
TODO: http://kitenet.net/~joey/code/etckeeper/
aptitude install etckeeper etckeeper init git commit -m"etckeeper installed"