diff --git a/src/gitolite.pm b/src/gitolite.pm
index 79d329c..3c6e65d 100644
--- a/src/gitolite.pm
+++ b/src/gitolite.pm
@@ -426,12 +426,24 @@ sub setup_git_configs
 {
     my ($repo, $git_configs_p) = @_;
 
-    while ( my ($key, $value) = each(%{ $git_configs_p->{$repo} }) ) {
-        if ($value ne "") {
-            $value =~ s/^"(.*)"$/$1/;
-            system("git", "config", $key, $value);
-        } else {
-            system("git", "config", "--unset-all", $key);
+    # new_wild calls us without checking!
+    return unless $git_configs_p->{$repo};
+
+    # git_configs_p is a ref to a hash whose elements look like
+    # {"reponame"}{sequence_number}{"key"} = "value";
+
+    my %rch = %{ $git_configs_p->{$repo} };
+    # %rch has elements that look like {sequence_number}{"key"} = "value"
+    for my $seq (sort { $a <=> $b } keys %rch) {
+        # and the final step is the repo config: {"key"} = "value"
+        my $rc = $rch{$seq};
+        while ( my ($key, $value) = each(%{ $rc }) ) {
+            if ($value ne "") {
+                $value =~ s/^"(.*)"$/$1/;
+                system("git", "config", $key, $value);
+            } else {
+                system("git", "config", "--unset-all", $key);
+            }
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/gitolite_rc.pm b/src/gitolite_rc.pm
index 4316215..03934c1 100644
--- a/src/gitolite_rc.pm
+++ b/src/gitolite_rc.pm
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ use Exporter 'import';
 #       real constants
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-$current_data_version = '1.7';
+$current_data_version = '2.0';
 
 $ABRT = "\n\t\t***** ABORTING *****\n       ";
 $WARN = "\n\t\t***** WARNING *****\n       ";
diff --git a/src/gl-compile-conf b/src/gl-compile-conf
index 56d023c..8a57a17 100755
--- a/src/gl-compile-conf
+++ b/src/gl-compile-conf
@@ -49,8 +49,9 @@ open STDOUT, ">", "/dev/null" if (@ARGV and shift eq '-q');
 # names of repos whose ACLs don't make it into the main compiled config file
 # copy above desc to lite.pm -- my %split_conf = ();
 
-# rule sequence number
+# rule and config sequence numbers
 my $rule_seq = 0;
+my $config_seq = 0;
 
 # <sigh>...  having been forced to use a list as described above, we lose some
 # efficiency due to the possibility of the same {ref, perms} pair showing up
@@ -244,7 +245,7 @@ sub parse_conf_line
         die "$ABRT git config $key not allowed\ncheck GL_GITCONFIG_KEYS in the rc file for how to allow it\n" if (@matched < 1);
         for my $repo (@{ $repos_p })       # each repo in the current stanza
         {
-            $git_configs{$repo}{$key} = $value;
+            $git_configs{$repo}{$config_seq++}{$key} = $value;
 
             # force entry in %repos.  Without this, a repo para with just a
             # config line and no ACLs gets ignored in the output
diff --git a/t/out/t01-repo-groups.1 b/t/out/t01-repo-groups.1
index 2124ba6..cce7523 100644
--- a/t/out/t01-repo-groups.1
+++ b/t/out/t01-repo-groups.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-$data_version = '1.7';
+$data_version = '2.0';
 %repos = (
   'aa' => {
     'R' => {
diff --git a/t/out/t01-repo-groups.1b b/t/out/t01-repo-groups.1b
index 3275bcf..3710cd3 100644
--- a/t/out/t01-repo-groups.1b
+++ b/t/out/t01-repo-groups.1b
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-$data_version = '1.7';
+$data_version = '2.0';
 %repos = (
   'aa' => {
     'R' => {
diff --git a/t/out/t01-repo-groups.1bs b/t/out/t01-repo-groups.1bs
index a606c7a..3600f81 100644
--- a/t/out/t01-repo-groups.1bs
+++ b/t/out/t01-repo-groups.1bs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-$data_version = '1.7';
+$data_version = '2.0';
 %repos = ();
 %split_conf = (
   'aa' => 1,
diff --git a/t/out/t01-repo-groups.2 b/t/out/t01-repo-groups.2
index 25131c9..f8b6140 100644
--- a/t/out/t01-repo-groups.2
+++ b/t/out/t01-repo-groups.2
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-$data_version = '1.7';
+$data_version = '2.0';
 %repos = (
   '@g1' => {
     '@g1' => [
diff --git a/t/out/t02-user-groups.1 b/t/out/t02-user-groups.1
index 05ba1fb..de27571 100644
--- a/t/out/t02-user-groups.1
+++ b/t/out/t02-user-groups.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-$data_version = '1.7';
+$data_version = '2.0';
 %repos = (
   'aa' => {
     'R' => {
diff --git a/t/out/t02-user-groups.1b b/t/out/t02-user-groups.1b
index 16d4f1b..1f0ba5d 100644
--- a/t/out/t02-user-groups.1b
+++ b/t/out/t02-user-groups.1b
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-$data_version = '1.7';
+$data_version = '2.0';
 %repos = (
   'aa' => {
     'R' => {
diff --git a/t/out/t02-user-groups.1bs b/t/out/t02-user-groups.1bs
index 9a36428..2c8af39 100644
--- a/t/out/t02-user-groups.1bs
+++ b/t/out/t02-user-groups.1bs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-$data_version = '1.7';
+$data_version = '2.0';
 %repos = ();
 %split_conf = (
   'aa' => 1,
diff --git a/t/out/t02-user-groups.2 b/t/out/t02-user-groups.2
index b4d5fd1..5e9a3c3 100644
--- a/t/out/t02-user-groups.2
+++ b/t/out/t02-user-groups.2
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-$data_version = '1.7';
+$data_version = '2.0';
 %repos = (
   'aa' => {
     '@g1' => [
diff --git a/t/out/t02-user-groups.2bs b/t/out/t02-user-groups.2bs
index 09e1a33..7264595 100644
--- a/t/out/t02-user-groups.2bs
+++ b/t/out/t02-user-groups.2bs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-$data_version = '1.7';
+$data_version = '2.0';
 %repos = ();
 %groups = (
   '@g1' => {