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From: Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>
Subject: Re: Remotes order in "git remote update"
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Hi,

On Sun, 9 Mar 2008, Junio C Hamano wrote:

> We _might_ want to start guaranteeing some orders by documenting, but I 
> do not think it is necessary.  Does "git config" and "git remote" code 
> even guarantee the order the newly added ones are stored in the 
> $GIT_DIR/config file, and is it by design and specified in the 
> documentation, or it is by accident and happens to be the way the code 
> is written?

git_config_set() appends to the end of the config if the section it tries 
to edit did not exist yet.  However, this is just an implementation 
detail, no design decision.

Ciao,
Dscho