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diff --git a/doc/bugs/Comments_are_not_sorted_by_their_date_attribute.mdwn b/doc/bugs/Comments_are_not_sorted_by_their_date_attribute.mdwn
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--- a/doc/bugs/Comments_are_not_sorted_by_their_date_attribute.mdwn
+++ b/doc/bugs/Comments_are_not_sorted_by_their_date_attribute.mdwn
@@ -25,3 +25,12 @@ The presentation of the resulting comments is not sorted by this date, which I w
 > adding a new [[pagespec/sorting]] method that sorts by filename, 
 > rather than by title, and using it by default for comments might be 
 > better than the current situation. --[[Joey]] 
 > adding a new [[pagespec/sorting]] method that sorts by filename, 
 > rather than by title, and using it by default for comments might be 
 > better than the current situation. --[[Joey]] 

+
+>> Since git does not track file time, I tend to prefer to encode date
+>> stuff inside files where possible.  For other pages, I put an explicit
+>> [[plugins/meta]] date into the source when I create the page.  I've
+>> had to reconstruct ordering after moving to a different git checkout
+>> after a server move before, it was painful ☺
+>>
+>> In my current situation, I could live with by-filename ordering. By-title
+>> ordering would also be workable. — [[Jon]]