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/etc/etckeeper/uninit.d/50remove-metadata is in etckeeper 1.9ubuntu2.

This file is owned by root:root, with mode 0o755.

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#!/bin/sh
set -e

# Files generated by etckeeper to store metadata the VCS cannot preserve.
rm -f .etckeeper
rm -f .metadata # only generated by old versions