improve determinism

src/actions/vstudio/vs2010_vcxproj.lua

@@ -876,6 +876,11 @@
 	function m.projectReferences(prj)
 		local refs = project.getdependencies(prj)
 		if #refs > 0 then
+			-- sort dependencies by uuid.
+			table.sort(refs, function(a,b)
+				return a.uuid < b.uuid
+			end)
+
 			p.push('<ItemGroup>')
 			for _, ref in ipairs(refs) do
 				local relpath = vstudio.path(prj, vstudio.projectfile(ref))

src/base/container.lua

@@ -152,6 +152,12 @@
 	function container.bakeChildren(self)
 		for class in container.eachChildClass(self.class) do
 			local children = self[class.pluralName]
+
+			-- sort children by name.
+			table.sort(children, function(a,b) 
+				return a.name < b.name
+			end)
+
 			for i = 1, #children do
 				local ctx = container.bake(children[i])
 				children[i] = ctx