# HG changeset patch
# User Kim Alvefur <zash@zash.se>
# Date 1621263071 -7200
# Node ID c3896c714a8339627a350dda18769e0eec221ded
# Parent  08dab7df152bdde328bb63daf7f29c9890d94eb3
tools/cfgdump: Serialize individual (table) settings in stable order too

diff -r 08dab7df152b -r c3896c714a83 tools/cfgdump.lua
--- a/tools/cfgdump.lua	Mon May 17 16:33:44 2021 +0200
+++ b/tools/cfgdump.lua	Mon May 17 16:51:11 2021 +0200
@@ -5,8 +5,15 @@
 local s_format, print = string.format, print;
 local printf = function(fmt, ...) return print(s_format(fmt, ...)); end
 local it = require "util.iterators";
-local serialization = require"util.serialization";
-local serialize = serialization.new and serialization.new({ unquoted = true }) or serialization.serialize;
+local function sort_anything(a, b)
+	local typeof_a, typeof_b = type(a), type(b);
+	if typeof_a ~= typeof_b then return typeof_a < typeof_b end
+	return a < b -- should work for everything in a config file
+end
+local serialization = require "util.serialization";
+local serialize = serialization.new and serialization.new({
+	unquoted = true, table_iterator = function(t) return it.sorted_pairs(t, sort_anything); end,
+}) or serialization.serialize;
 local configmanager = require"core.configmanager";
 local startup = require "util.startup";