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+======================
+Setting Initialization
+======================
+
+This page outlines the mechanisms by which sbt loads settings for a particular build, including the hooks where
+users can control the ordering of everything.
+
+As stated elsewhere, sbt constructs its initialization graph and task graph via ``Setting[_]`` objects.  A setting
+is something which can take the values stored at other Keys in the build state, and generates a new value for
+a particular build key.  Sbt converts all registered ``Setting[_]`` objects into a giant linear sequence and
+*compiles* them into the a task graph.  This task graph is then used to execute your build.
+
+All of sbt's loading semantics are contained within the `Load.scala <../../sxr/sbt/Load.scala.html>` file.  It is approximately the following:
+
+.. image:: settings-initialization-load-ordering.png
+
+The blue circles represent actions happening when sbt loads a project.  We can see that sbt performs the following actions in load:
+
+1. Compile the user-level project (``~/.sbt/<version>/``)
+   a. Load any plugins defined by this project  (``~/.sbt/<version>/plugins/*.sbt`` and ``~/.sbt/<version>/plugins/project/*.scala``)
+   b. Load all settings defined (``~/.sbt/<version>/*.sbt`` and ``~/.sbt/<version>/plugins/*.scala``)
+2. Compile the current project (``<working-directory/project``)
+   a. Load all defined plugins (``project/plugins.sbt`` and ``project/project/*.scala``)
+   b. Load/Compile the project (``project/*.scala``)
+3. Load project *.sbt files (``build.sbt`` and friends).
+
+Each of these loads defines several sequences of settings.  The diagram shows the two most important:
+
+* ``buildSettings`` - These are settings defined to be ``in ThisBuild``.   They are initialized *once* for the build.
+  You can add these, e.g. in ``project/build.scala`` ::
+
+    object MyBuild extends Build {
+      override val settings = ...
+    }
+
+* ``projectSettings`` - These are settings specific to a project.  They are specific to a *particular submodule* in the build.  A
+  plugin may be contributing its settings to more than on project, in which case the values are duplicated for each project.
+  You add project specific settings, eg. in ``project/build.scala`` ::
+
+    object MyBuild extends Build {
+      val test = project.in(file(".")).settings(...)
+    }
+
+After loading/compiling all the build definitions, sbt has a series of Seq[Setting[_]] that it must order.  As shown in the diagram,
+the default inclusion order for sbt is:
+
+1. All AutoPlugin settings
+2. All settings defined in ``project/Build.scala``
+3. All settings defined in the user directory (``~/.sbt/<verison>/*.sbt``)
+4. All local configurations (``build.sbt``)
+
+
+
+Controlling Initialization
+==========================
+
+The order which sbt uses to load settings is configurable at a *project* level.   This means that we can't control
+the order of settings added to Build/Global namespace, but we can control how each project loads, e.g. plugins and ``.sbt`` files.
+To do so, use the ``AddSettings`` class ::
+
+
+	import sbt._
+	import Keys._
+
+	import AddSettings._
+
+    object MyOwnOrder extends Build {
+	  // here we load config from a txt file.
+	  lazy val root = project.in(file(".")).autoSettings( autoPlugins, projectSettings, sbtFiles(file("silly.txt")) )
+	}
+
+In the above project, we've modified the order of settings to be:
+
+1. All AutoPlugin settings.
+2. All settings defined in the ``project/Build.scala`` file (shown above).
+3. All settings found in the ``silly.txt`` file.
+
+What we've excluded:
+
+* All settings from the user directory (``~/.sbt/<verison>``)
+* All ``*.sbt`` settings.
+
+The AddSettings object provides the following "groups" of settings you can use for ordering:
+
+``autoPlugins``
+  All the ordered settings of plugins after they've gone through dependency resolution
+``projectSettings``
+  The full sequence of settings defined directly in ``project/*.scala`` builds.
+``sbtFiles(*)``
+  Specifies the exact setting DSL files to include (files must use the ``.sbt`` file format)
+``userSettings``
+  All the settings defined in the user directory ``~/.sbt/<version>/``.
+``defaultSbtFiles``
+  Include all local ``*.sbt`` file settings.
+
+
+*Note: Be very careful when reordering settings.  It's easy to accidentally remove core functionality.*
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+==============
+ Architecture
+==============
+
+This is the fledgeling set of documentation about the Architecture of sbt.  This will cover all the core components of
+sbt as well as the general notion of how they all work together.  This documentation is suitable for those who wish to
+have a deeper understanding of sbt's core, but already understand the fundamentals of ``Setting[_]``, ``Task[_]`` and
+constructing builds.
+
+.. toctree::
+   :maxdepth: 2
+
+   Setting-Initialization
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diff --git a/src/sphinx/Detailed-Topics/index.rst b/src/sphinx/Detailed-Topics/index.rst
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    Tasks-and-Commands
    Plugins-and-Best-Practices
    Advanced-Index
+   /Architecture/index
    /Launcher/index