[uncr3ative]

I want to be able to manage other config files that aren't in my home directory at all. Some of them are even owned by root: httpd-vhosts.conf, /etc/hosts, php.ini... any good solution for that? I'm willing for it to be complex if it works.

[graysnorf]

Manage in what sense? If you're trying to sync. between multiple machines, one approach is to check in the /etc files in your home dir and symlink. Or are you looking for something else?

[bostonvaulter2]

I just move those into my ~/config git directory and symlink them from there.